People know they’re not supposed to take other people’s things in my world, too. A minority just don’t care. They want more, or they want other people to have less. Or worse rationale that this isn’t really the place to discuss.

[ He has a sense of place, and Santa’s workshop seems so inappropriate to delve into a Ted Talk about how some people want to hurt others. Branch isn’t the audience for it. ]

You’re from a functioning socialist society?

[ Color him interested. He might be the son and adopted son of capitalists, no matter how philanthropic they were, but he does think that capitalism is borked and that socialism has advantages. Tim has a dim view of human nature, though, and so he doesn’t think it could work in practice without a radical shift in societal norms. ]

What do they do if they can’t replace it? How do you handle when they don’t respect the rules if there’s no jail?

[ Because it can’t be possible that no one’s committed a heinous crime. Statistical wonder. Branch is naive if he does. ]