> The argument that 'affluence' or 'quality of life' is a zero-sum game with nature seems to have become popular recently.
Land, energy, and other finite resources are zero sum.
Unless the amount of land required to have a good quality of life exponentially decreases then the following holds.
If your system permits me to increase the amount of land I control in direct proportion to the amount of land I control (ie. it is possible to profit).
Your rising tide isn't lifting all boats, it's lifting the superyacht while all the small boats are chained to the bottom.
Land, energy, and other finite resources are zero sum.
Unless the amount of land required to have a good quality of life exponentially decreases then the following holds.
If your system permits me to increase the amount of land I control in direct proportion to the amount of land I control (ie. it is possible to profit).
Your rising tide isn't lifting all boats, it's lifting the superyacht while all the small boats are chained to the bottom.