ok, for starters we are both coming at this from COMPLETELY!!! different directions.. and i think its a little unfair that you take my point of view, which is based primarily and ONLY on the trainer scene and then apply this to take into consideration the whole of societies woes..
I come from a simple standpoint of explaining my actions (and others) encapsulating one VERY tiny aspect of commerce invading a hobby i once loved to cultivate for free. Society as a whole and the TRAINER COMMUNITY are 2 very different gene pools to take any kind of surface data, after all.. we are on a TRAINER MAKING FORUM!! are we not?? unless ive wondered into the social economical and moral reforms forum by mistake?
If you ask me to comment on all of this from a social standpoint then i agree with you pretty much verbatim, i think police and doctors should be paid as much as movie stars and sports players.. we have society fucked up completely.. we idolise, revere and reward the USELESS!!!! and we dont take care of our professions that actually contribute to society in a positive way..
FIGHT THE POWER!!!