Oh young grasshopper! Your analogy is very flawed. Competition defines your existence. It determines where you live, where you work, and what you eat. It ha

Oh young grasshopper! Your analogy is very flawed. Competition defines your existence. It determines where you live, where you work, and what you eat. It has determined who you are and how you are made, for you are a product of evolution. It is woven deeply into the fabric of your existence, on a daily level as well as on geological timescales. It even determines how you think, according to some theories about how mental processes work. You don't have to derive your existential meaning from competition, but ignore it completely at your peril.