User blog comment:Cass delau/Dark interconnected theory about the inner workings of the LDZX corporation/@comment-38504801-20190905231618/@comment-3126873-20190906182736

A few years back there was the potential for encountering a "Kuipter" account in the chat that could be used for black market deals on the site. So in terms of site design we're leaning all the way in with the whole "this is not how things should be done ever" idea.

In terms of story, this is actually a vital plot point that has existed in a number of non-Alpha timelines for quite some time. While workings like tax fraud and the like really don't have any in-universe equivalents (capitalism is a relatively-new concept in the stories), there's a lot of highlighted absurdity about a group of high-up executives with minimal business skills going off to play Batman every time a villain shows up, then going about the unethical capture and resale of intelligent creatures with no consequences right after. (Not so much "production", I don't think life-meddling in that sense exists in too many stories)