Quote Originally Posted by a500lbgorilla View Post
One of those parties worse off is you.

When have you chosen personal suffering to make a grander point and how has that worked out for you?
It isn't personal suffering though you only grow the tomatoes if it is of a net benefit for you to do that, if that scenario doesn't exist you aren't worse off because the potential for what you wanted to do didn't exist in the first place.

It's also worth mentioning that rather than losing all your tomatoes you put more effort into making it less easy for your tomatoes to be taken. All sorts itself out into a nice equilibrium.