Quite profound and lucid! Considering things from first principles helps to cut through the miasma of details that obscure understanding, and you have done that very well here.

"Love might be free in this world, everything else carries a price."

LOL

If there is one thing I have learned in my life, it is that free love isn't either. Neither is it close to desirable in my experience. Love, actual continuing commitment to the beneficial care for another, may be the most expensive thing I have. It then, is my most desirable treasure, and there is nothing that could profitably purchase it from me.

Thanks very much!