> you better have something to give in exchange for that thing you want. Indeed. But I think the point of the article is that in addition to that, the actions

> you better have something to give in exchange for that thing you want. Indeed. But I think the point of the article is that in addition to that, the actions of people have removed some of the options you would have otherwise had to acquire things. Or even more specifically, some valuable things have (for all practical purposes) a finite supply, and the amount of those things that gets distributed to you is not entirely (and in some cases not at all) dependent on your actions.