Mastercard and Visa are no more competitors to bitcoin than a car is to a girlfriend.
Initially the guy and his car are a happy duo, but one day a woman comes into his life.
"WTF is this bullshit!" screams the car. "You can't just ditch me for this bitch; who do you think you are?"
"You don't understand," the man explains. "You are just a vehicle, and this is a new reality of my life now. We will still use you, assuming you remain useful, but this new facet of my life will change how you are used. I can't fall *out* of love with this woman just because you're unhappy about it."
The car was mad
![Angry](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/angry.gif)
but it knew there was no way to ultimately win this battle, so it settled for transporting the couple regularly after that. Sometimes it even transported the girlfriend by herself.