 A more plausible form of earthly desertism might attempt to assess states or communities for the way in which economic items such as money, jobs, and taxes, and political items such as political rights and opportunities and obligations are distributed. The imagined form of desertism could purport to give an account of the circumstances under which these things have been distributed justly even though it is silent on the distribution of other very important things such as happiness, or victories in sporting events, or warm loving relationships or apologies. 