Mind sending me all your retirement savings? I'll even give you a pretty sweet drawing for it. It wont be money wasted[1]; I'll be sure to use it well.
[1] not sure how much you will be able to sell said sweet drawing for nor when, but by definition, it will be worth it.
Alas, I am not a gallery, and thus I don't make an income displaying drawings. I encourage you to target your sales at those best placed to profit from your product.
So from my perspective, I can getter better value moving my cash to dome other suppliers.
But even if I did buy your sweet drawing, the money itself us not wasted (I personally just control less of it.) The same money would now be controlled by you, and I'm sure you'll spend it, thus benefiting others.
The money itself cannot be wasted, it merely moves from one set of hands to another.
My personal control of money can indeed be wasted, since I can transfer it to another for insignificant value. But that's simply my control, not the money itself.
I already spent my retirement savings. I used them to buy index funds and some shares. I think the companies will use my money better than you would, at least in the sense they will give me a return on my investment.
[1] not sure how much you will be able to sell said sweet drawing for nor when, but by definition, it will be worth it.