The Legendary Dragon Alephwyr, named Alephwyr, BA

of course, i know this and the left is *always* zero sum, because *at their core* they are powerless power means being positive sum, and no (contemporary) revolutionary can reason in positive sum ways, they are forever impoverished if they *could*, they'd just be a capitalist

I think it's worth exploring why some people seem to be stuck playing zero sum games in a notionally positive sum environment consistently without simply committing the fundamental attribution fallacy.

fixating on revenge is one candidate

Revenge is functional. It serves as deterrence. It eliminates negative sum players. It is good.

no, revenge is *always* negative sum, it doesn't act as a deterrent, or feuds would never happen

Pointless semantic bullshit. Tit for tat with forgiveness works. I haven't had my tat yet.

and you won't get it, and your game has stopped

weird, the people who you wish to have revenge on, in turn, could believe they are righteous in revenge for the people that wronged *them* (and everyone has been wronged), but they haven't cut off their own nose to spite their "enemies" faces