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Two things can both be true. It's a zero sum game, and it's the morally right thing to do. Part of the annoying thing about the modern progressive movement is
by ethbr0 3y ago
Two things can both be true.
It's a zero sum game, and it's the morally right thing to do.
Part of the annoying thing about the modern progressive movement is how they'll twist themselves in knots to market something, when they could just say "Yes, this sucks for some people. But it's better for everyone."
(Which, don't get me wrong, what passes for the modern conservative movement is even loonier about their marketing)
But christ, just call a thing what it is.
- NilMostChill 3y ago> Two things can both be true. That two things can be true makes sense. > It's a zero sum game, and it's the morally right thing to do. These two things can be true, they aren't in this case, but they can be. In case it's a misunderstanding i'm going to state clearly, with emphasis: > Helping the ~ [less] fortunate ~ isn't a zero-sum game. Helping all people everywhere might be ( i haven't really considered that enough to have a solid opinion ) but helping a subset of people without impacting another subset of people isn't zero sum when the sum of those subsets isn't the whole. In numbers: The whole = 10 ----- Less fortunate group a = 2 Less fortunate group b = 2 Others = 6 ----- It's possible to get group a to 3 without bringing group b down to 1, because helping the less fortunate groups isn't zero sum. I'm simplifying here because the whole being a fixed 10 isn't accurate either, but it does illustrate my point. > But christ, just call a thing what it is. I will, thanks ? edit: my tiny maths failed me, updated numbers