You didn't give that enough thought. You are correct for the briefest of times. When you go to sell. Then and only then is it me against "them." Now do a little critical thinking and come up with a plethora of times when that isn't the case. How about if you are in the same fund? How about if you have been holding for a long while with the same group of people? When you are rooting for the same company?
Do people need or want fuel for their cars? Will they need or want clothing? For those of us that do our DD, it is not a hope alone.