because everyone in the fucking world still believes in zero-sum mercantilism. people are only a couple hundred years behind. maybe in another 50 years the ma

because everyone in the fucking world still believes in zero-sum mercantilism. people are only a couple hundred years behind. maybe in another 50 years the marginal revolution will finally seep into the public conscious. the concept of everyone getting richer or everyone getting poorer is completely alien to most people.