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One could then argue all transactional relationships are predatory then, right? A restaurant serves you only for pay.

You could argue cynically that all relationships are to some extent transactional. People “invest” in friendships after all. It’s just a bit more abstract.

Maybe the flaw in the logic is the existence of some sort of “genuine” binary: things are either genuine or they aren't. When we accept such a binary lots of things can be labeled predatory.




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