“Every friendship is transactional—we only keep people around who provide some form of utility”
Agree
- Relationships dissolve when needs stop being met
- Even emotional support is a transaction
- Love is just complex cost-benefit analysis
- Evolution made us social for survival advantage
Disagree
- Genuine care exists beyond self-interest
- People sacrifice for others without expecting return
- Connection itself is inherently valuable
- Reducing love to utility misses reality
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