Now look at any relationship, let’s stay with a friendship. Does it not contain at least an ounce of competition? Does it not contain trade, an exchange where both parties gain something valuable? In fact, if there is no gain at all for one party, it is difficult to imagine how the friendship could be sustainable. Would a one-sided friendship not amount to exploitation? And does the definition of a friendship not subtly exclude the non-friend—which again means that it relies upon competition?
