If it's thriving in ways that puts the majority of us at a disadvantage, then its sort of like the kind of thriving that you might see a tumor do. I'm not sure

If it's thriving in ways that puts the majority of us at a disadvantage, then its sort of like the kind of thriving that you might see a tumor do. I'm not sure that I'm ready to argue that it's worth excising... just that "thriving" and "dead [to me, to us]" are not that dissimilar.