> You're reasoning would seem to imply

Let's stop right there.

First, this already shows You are responding to something in your mind, not mine. What I wrote is plain to see. Second, the rest of that sentence confirms that fear. You are not arguing with me and what I wrote, but with some ghost in your own head.

> seem to imply that because the initial investment cash always ends up circulating, no value is ever destroyed

I did not say that * at all*. And whatever you yourself interpret into plain statements is... yourself speaking.