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Don't be fooled (lemmy.world)
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[-] [email protected] -2 points 1 week ago

In a perfect world you can do both because a society has a very wide range of sources of income, but in the end it actually is a zero sum game.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

This

Particularly about the misunderstandings section.

politics and macroeconomics are not zero-sum games, however, because they do not constitute conserved systems

Or if you don't like Wikipedia, here's an economics website:

This

In a non-zero-sum game, it is possible for two parties to both benefit from a decision.

It also lists examples for each.

Zero sum games are often misunderstood and used as a vehicle of misinformation to perpetuate the lie that if you do one desirable thing, you lose the status quo.

Therefore, looking after the young and looking after the old is a non-zero sum game because you can literally do both. My best example is Australia; we have aged care and child care, with plenty of room for subsidising mining corporations.

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