On Jan 15, 7:57*pm, Hawke wrote:

As for life not being a zero sum game that's a crock too. Take a look at
the animal kingdom for example. Every time a lion kills a gazelle the
lion wins and the gazelle loses. There is no benefit for both and the
world or environment in general means nothing to the two involved in the
game of survival. One wins and one loses.


Hawke

Sorry but your logic is not valid. The animal kingdom is not close to
being a valid example of how the economy works.

The world is only a zero sum game on first approximation. In real
life innovations increase the quality of life. Instead of the animal
kingdom , consider how the world has changed in the last 120 years.
The invention of the electric power plants, telephone , automobiles,
airplanes, the vacuum tube, the transistor, the computer , the
microprocessor, fiber optics, light emitting diodes, digital cameras,
global positioning system , all these things increased the quality of
life of people.


Dan