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I feel it's more they're not actually playing for the scoreline. They want to be the team #1, even if that causes the team to lose in the end.
by kimixa 1y ago
I feel it's more they're not actually playing for the scoreline. They want to be the team #1, even if that causes the team to lose in the end.
- sneak 1y agoWhen people see everything as an ego-based competition, they lose track entirely of the fact that trade is not zero-sum: both parties (or nations) benefit from increased trade. It’s the zero-sum mindset of leadership that only ever learned to excel by cheating and stealing, not cooperating, building, or synergizing.
- niek_pas 1y agoAnd unfortunately, it is exactly the Gorilla chest-pounding politicians “we are #1” that attract particular large swaths of the voting population who tend to see everything as a “me first” zero-sum competition.
- platevoltage 1y agoI'll add that the team leader doesn't expect to live long enough to see his team lose, and that's all that really matters to him.