I
asked him how much he was charging, however he
refused to answer, and is more evidence that he was trolling as opposed to actually selling trust.
I guess I'm not completely surprised that you can't seem to see that satire is a form of argumentation which is not equavalent to trolling.
The fact that trust is being defacto traded via various services makes the decision to leave positive trust for someone a much more complex question then it should be. If I had left positive trust for everyone that I provided escrow services to, on every occasion that I escrowed for them then a number of people who I personally find sketchy would show as having significant amounts of positive trust because of me which is not something I want.
I'm curious if you've ever actually left positive trust for anyone who you didn't see as more powerful than you in some way or another. You've revealed yourself many times as the kind of person who steps on people who you see as below you while kissing the asses of people you see as above you. Anywhoo....
@Salty, your post seems to boil down to an observation that the system is irrational and we have this system because people have tolerated it. That's certainly true, but highlighting the irrationality of this (as OP does) is one step towards making a better system, IMO.