The last sentence of this paragraph highlights the assumption: you are assuming, without argument, that the game is zero-sum.
On the contrary, it highlights no such thing.*
*You may argue that this is the case with regard to that ‘assumption’ - but you have not proved it.
This need not be the case, for the argument to be correct:
That gains in power for another group that wants to destroy you is necessarily worse for you.
yes—and this is so even if the game isn’t zero sum.
On the contrary, it highlights no such thing.*
*You may argue that this is the case with regard to that ‘assumption’ - but you have not proved it.
This need not be the case, for the argument to be correct:
yes—and this is so even if the game isn’t zero sum.