re: Cleveland police refuse to participate in Browns’ national anthem

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That makes no sense. Why should digging a ditch be of a higher value in society than creating Apple?

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Well are we talking about value or compensation? Obviously, the value that an invention or idea can create for consumers is far greater in both scope and intensity than digging a ditch but the original post referenced "hard work" specifically. Very few would argue that digging ditches everyday is easier than coming up with an original idea that gets you paid for the rest of your life.

Yes, Im aware that coming up with an original idea is far less common than the ability to dig a ditch and that is why in the real world economy its compensated better. Pay scale also works off the same principals of supply and demand that the free market does. I was simply making the point that in a perfect world it wouldnt and shouldnt be.

All that said Im libertarian and a Friedman kind of guy so Im not disagreeing with you, necessarily.