A short YouTube monologue by Blair Singer arguing that 'criminal behavior'—defined metaphorically as taking without giving in return—emerges when people are given too much for free. Singer warns that unconditional giving teaches others to take without exchanging, attracts dependency, and ultimately reduces the giver’s willingness to continue giving.
Have you ever felt like you're being taken advantage of? Have you ever been felt bad about giving a lot, not getting something back in return? Well, one of my mentors wrote something very interesting that I just wanted to share with you. He calls that breeding criminal behavior. That's right. What's criminal behavior? Criminal behavior is getting something for nothing or getting something and not exchanging anything back for it. So you think about that. You're actually teaching people it's okay to get something for nothing. And you as an able person that wants to give, has a lot to give. You begin to lose your desire to give because what happens is the unable people that don't have are attracted to you because you can give and as a result they don't exchange anything. So we think it's good marketing to go out there and give a lot for free. But. But at the end of the day, if you're only doing that and you're not gaining anything in exchange, you're not only disabling them, you're.