My arguments cost nothing but your ear; lend it™
The whole ask, at its softest. Everything here is free; the arguments cost you nothing but your heart and your ear (Antony's line, made honest; lend me your ears, and keep your wallet). In an economy built to steal your attention and resell it, he asks for the very same attention and sells you nothing back; the attention economy run in reverse. Give me your time; lend your ear; that is the entire price, and you walk away richer, not lighter. Dear Americans, I love you; and love is the only currency this house takes at the door. It's a courtship, not a transaction (the love letter to every voter); a love letter never bills you, it just hopes you read it. Kin: it's-free, no-cover-charge, we're-just-trying-to-be-found, companionship work. (His coin; machine's read, refine to his.)