Pear AI: according to NdBdM's original* scheme, Nang et al were foxes, who had schemed, yet could not defend themselves from the wolf (according to russians, wolves are the "paramedics of the forest", for despite not being doctors, they take care of the sick and elderly...). YC? I suppose they should, if it isn't already there, add some legalese to closing documents so founders bear full responsibility for bringing a clean venture to the table. (there could be a different split of responsibility, but since YC is running a retail operation I wouldn't expect one)

* Had Machiavelli, in writing (1532):

> You must know there are two ways of contesting, the one by the law, the other by force; the first method is proper to men, the second to beasts; but because the first is frequently not sufficient, it is necessary to have recourse to the second. Therefore it is necessary for a prince to understand how to avail himself of the beast and the man. This has been figuratively taught to princes by ancient writers, who describe how Achilles and many other princes of old were given to the Centaur Chiron to nurse, who brought them up in his discipline; which means solely that, as they had for a teacher one who was half beast and half man...

been referring to Cicero, De Officiis (44 BC)?

http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%...

> ...there are two ways of settling a dispute: first, by discussion; second, by physical force; and since the former is characteristic of man, the latter of the brute, we must resort to force only in case we may not avail ourselves of discussion.

(I'm surprised I've not read this work until now. With a little skimming, it confirms my reverse-engineering of the cardinal virtues as arising as oppositions [albeit not strictly pairwise]:

http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%...

http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%...

and has interesting things to say about Castalia:

http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%...

about immigration:

http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%...

Gemeinschaft vs Gesellschaft:

http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%...

and even Pareto Optimality:

http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%... )

EDIT: no, lifted, negated, and expanded to chapter length!

http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%...