The underlying assumption is that your utility of the burger is greater than $1. Which is true because MacDonald is very, very efficient at making burgers (compared to you).
With bitcoin, it's a speculative trade. Everybody is "equally" good at making a coin. So the trade is happening purely due to an expectation of future utility, which may or may not come.
> due to an expectation of future utility, which may or may not come.
It's been 11 years and there's not an even idea of what legit utility it might have that existing tools and protocols do not fulfill. A significant proportion of suggestions could be done much better with git of all things...
With bitcoin, it's a speculative trade. Everybody is "equally" good at making a coin. So the trade is happening purely due to an expectation of future utility, which may or may not come.
So therefore, speculation is zero sum.