It's true that wealth is not zero sum, but many of the things that wealth buy are zero sum. Political influence, time, land, attractiveness, power, etc. are al

It's true that wealth is not zero sum, but many of the things that wealth buy are zero sum. Political influence, time, land, attractiveness, power, etc. are all about sorting you relative to others. No matter how much new "wealth" there is, everyone can't have the same lobbying influence and live in Manhattan.