In Sarah Wynn-Williams's *Careless People*, there's a memorable incident in which Sheryl Sandberg is shocked to the roots of her hair when she is told that she can't go to Mexico and buy a kidney if her child gets sick. Her child isn't even sick! She's just offended that this *hypothetical* situation wouldn't be resolved by bargaining:
https://pluralistic.net/2025/04/23/zuckerstreisand/#zdgaf
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