Retail stores don't pay their employees either, if you count the people who manufacture the actual goods. Nor do they pay the truckers who actually get the good

Retail stores don't pay their employees either, if you count the people who manufacture the actual goods. Nor do they pay the truckers who actually get the goods to the store. They pay janitorial staff and retail assistants. I guess a metric shit-ton. Yes, it's an imperfect metaphor, but it's showing that you can still provide value without being the origin of the object.