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That is not zero sum thinking. It is a classic free rider problem.


The free rider problem is a natural consequence of all-encompassing progressions that benefit multiple parties at the least expense of themselves and each other.

Even the logic behind a pareto optimum necessitates the presence of the free rider problem, to prove the point.




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