Which is why I wasn't directing it at you.
Those with the goods, do the trades. Those who don't have the goods, don't.
A barter economy, huh? And I'm the one without the grasp on trade?
What you did here was not done because you are a fool, it was done in the full knowledge that you were being deceitful.
You know very well "trade" always comes down to swapping one thing for another. "Cash" is only the intermediary for what is actually occurring.
It is this sort of deliberate deceit that makes a discussion with many on your side not worth anyone's trouble.