The claim is not that all situations are positive-sum, but that people tend to see positive-sum situations as zero-sum because that feels natural and intuitive. You’re arguing against a straw man.
and I have a match… as long as situations have the potential to be regarded by the unit of winner (individual, family, group?) as zero-sum then you’re stuffed.
as I said below resolving a situation as positive-sum just shifts the zero-sum situation to another level: e.g. you vote in a Hawk|Dove leader as President, it’s a win-win for sub-state groups but your state loses versus both the Doves and Hawks.
The claim is not that all situations are positive-sum, but that people tend to see positive-sum situations as zero-sum because that feels natural and intuitive. You’re arguing against a straw man.
and I have a match… as long as situations have the potential to be regarded by the unit of winner (individual, family, group?) as zero-sum then you’re stuffed.
as I said below resolving a situation as positive-sum just shifts the zero-sum situation to another level: e.g. you vote in a Hawk|Dove leader as President, it’s a win-win for sub-state groups but your state loses versus both the Doves and Hawks.