I think liberal-leaning people tend not to see resource conflicts as an issue. Liberalism was founded on the idea (utopian even at the time) that everybody can

I think liberal-leaning people tend not to see resource conflicts as an issue. Liberalism was founded on the idea (utopian even at the time) that everybody can get a piece of land, and it's entirely up to them what they do with it, if they succeed or not. And that economy, through trade on the free market, is a positive sum game. So inherently, this assumes there is enough resources for everybody to be free in that sense. There are two opposition camps to the liberal view, which acknowledge the possible conflict. Conservative camp which believes that might makes right, that is, resource conflict should be resolved through force and it is normal to do so. Then there is socialist/progressive camp which believes in equal distribution of resources during scarcity, and the conflict should be resolved by treating everyone as equal.