So, Individual 1 (i-one) is just a cynic. I too have a lot of cynic in me. But I think I have proven to know the value of quite a few things. So, clearly, there is more (or less) there in his case.
I thought of this quip when I read the article about i-one planning to extort 50% more than the full price of stationing US troops on an ally's territory (you know, that misguided NATO thing that is unfair to US). As touted by an NSA spokesman the Trump administration is "committed to getting the best deal for the American people."
If that is not the definition, embodiment and SOUL of the above quip, I am an optimist.
I want i-one to immediately resign as America's personal shopper.

Kitten felled by overwhelming irrationality.
I experience this daily as a result of being politically informed.