I watched a movie yesterday, "21" -- which tells the tale of a group of (maybe MIT) students, who were taught by their professor, how to count cards while playing blackjack.
Long story short, the security at one of the casinos caught on to them, and ran them out of town. One of the students was physically beaten pretty badly, but made a deal with the security team that would turn over their professor.
In the deal, the students made a good deal of money playing their last hands of blackjack--which they were promised they could keep--but it was eventually taken back from them by the security "enforcer," played by Lawrence Fishburn. He told the lead student something to the effect of, "I don't get a pension with my job, so I need this money...but you're smart, you'll always find a way to succeed..."
I thought to myself, isn't that the epitome of the Moocher's Creed? Declaring a "need" from the successful, and then appeasing that successful person by saying, "it's OK, you'll figure out a way because you're smart" or, you're a hard worker...keep doing what you're doing, and we'll keep imposing our needs on you."
OK... I’m intrigued...
please explain