While I see what you are getting at, I think this is a very linear view of wealth building and the world, and based on one too many assumptions about things like what constitutes a competitive advantage, and that giving money to more efficient producers in turn creates more wealth...

I do agree that you have a responsibility to yourself to utilize your resources as efficiently as possible, but I hardly think that responsibility extends to everyone participating in the market.

The simple reality is that people make purchase decisions based on emotions and justify their purchase after the decision is made with logic and reasoning.

Whatever logic helps you sleep at night is fine with me, but the reality is we are beasts of emotion and make our decisions based on those emotions.