> The argument that 'affluence' or 'quality of life' is a zero-sum game with nature seems to have become popular recently. Land, energy, and other finite resou

> The argument that 'affluence' or 'quality of life' is a zero-sum game with nature seems to have become popular recently. Land, energy, and other finite resources are zero sum. Unless the amount of land required to have a good quality of life exponentially decreases then the following holds. If your system permits me to increase the amount of land I control in direct proportion to the amount of land I control (ie. it is possible to profit). Your rising tide isn't lifting all boats, it's lifting the superyacht while all the small boats are chained to the bottom.