> So for every person who moves up, someone must move down.
Standards of living and wealth are not a zero-sum game, there are plenty of situations where changes benefit everyone.
Standards of living and wealth are not a zero-sum game, there are plenty of situations where changes benefit everyone.
Relative mobility is a zero sum game.
Again, everyone can't be rich (relative to other people), unless you want to go the direction of communism / socialism / classless society. So as a thought experiment...
PS. Why did you downvote, seriously you downvoted a thought experiment meant to stimulate thought.
Relative wealth is zero sum. Wealth is not zero sum. You shouldn't muddle the terms like this.
-edit - I mean my original top post. You introduced the word wealth and then call me out for muddle'ing its meaning :D
>Wealth, or relative wealth...