Butbutbut in “the game of thrones” winning is an option, whereas the whole point of the “strange game” quotation is that there is no winning move at all (other than not playing in the first place). It’s not just negative-sum; it’s unwinnable.
(Whether that’s true of actual global thermonuclear war is of course a separate question.)
Butbutbut in “the game of thrones” winning is an option, whereas the whole point of the “strange game” quotation is that there is no winning move at all (other than not playing in the first place). It’s not just negative-sum; it’s unwinnable.
(Whether that’s true of actual global thermonuclear war is of course a separate question.)