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Earning something and deserving it are two entirely different things. Institutions are often built on deliberately conflating the two.
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huh I always thought the etymology for just deserts derived from desserts as in rewards good/bad in the form of good/bad cake :D So it is from the other end of connotations
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From the synonym, "paypack" then it's getting really confusing, to that of "earnings", earn and deserve becomes really conflated. If the verb/noun are the givers instead the I, i.e. pay vs recognition, would it be more clarity?