And your point is???

That is also vice versa when one gets right down to the finer details. The AMA can well exist without either you or me. Either of us can exist without any need of each other. So what is the point?

I have many things that I don't NEED. I would wager that YOU also have many things that YOU don't need.
Still I rather HAVE them than NOT have them. Somewhere I picked up on an old expression: "It is better to have it, and not need it, than to need it, and not have it." Works for me and obviously for a lot of others as they are so many out there trying to figure out how to get more of mine. [:-] Even in RC -- I go to the field with all sorts of tools, plugs, props, etc. and there always seems to be someone there that needs something. If I have it, I will always "loan" it except for my AMA card and truck keys.