Once you have a nice personal herd, you can start 'gifting' starting herds to worthy cottars and up-and-coming young warriors. You receive your herd back plus in a number of years, but you've gained political and martial supporters who will support you in the moot and elsewhere.
Its not conspicuous consumption that makes you a big man (or woman), its conspicuous feasting and gifting.
John
nysalor_at_... John Hughes
Then Bioy-Casares recalled that one of the heresiarchs of Uqbar had stated that mirrors and copulation are abominable, since they both multiply the numbers of man.
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