Mar 22, 2020, 1:45 PM

—“Hm. If I exchange demonstrated interest, then I will be bearing a cost on that which other has already born a cost to demonstrate an interest, won’t I?”—

Yes, but it’s a voluntary exchange, and if productive, the net is an increase. I other words, the transaction (full accounting again) increases the balance sheet of the individual or group or the individual or group wouldn’t have voluntarily done so.