I think this is a great article and I think we should look at the word "consenting" for a moment. Do the 2 people who have agreed to beat each other senseless really know what they have consented to? Have they been educated to know what they are actually doing? Do they each possibly have such deep self-loathing in their unquestioned histories that they would agree to hurt their physical temples for worldly power and prestige and to make fiat currency - a ponzi scheme perpetrated upon the masses by a small collection of psychopaths who have been "allowed" to do so. If we had a gift economy do you think people would still consent to this kind of activity? ... No I would say we are "involving" (involution as opposed to evolution) and even more likely DEVOLVING...