Fair ourselves
"But the Occupiers are wrong about something much more important. They
believe in the Zero Sum Fallacy -- the idea that there is a fixed amount
of the good things in life. Anything I get, I'm taking from you. If I
have too many slices of pizza, you have to eat the Dominos box. The Zero
Sum Fallacy is a bad idea -- dangerous to economics, politics, and
world peace. It means any time we want good things we have to fight with
each other to get them. We don't. We can make more good things. We can
make more pizza -- or more tofu, windmills and solar panels, if you
like.
The Zero Sum Fallacy is just that, a fallacy. Economic history since the Industrial Revolution proves -- be the rich however stinking rich -- we ordinary people can make more of the good things in life. But we have to make them ourselves, with our knowledge, skills and hard work. Government can't give us good things. Government doesn't make things, it just redistributes them. This brings us back to fighting with each other."
Head over to Anderson Layman's Blog and click through to the P.J. O'Rourke 1% interview.
The Zero Sum Fallacy is just that, a fallacy. Economic history since the Industrial Revolution proves -- be the rich however stinking rich -- we ordinary people can make more of the good things in life. But we have to make them ourselves, with our knowledge, skills and hard work. Government can't give us good things. Government doesn't make things, it just redistributes them. This brings us back to fighting with each other."
Head over to Anderson Layman's Blog and click through to the P.J. O'Rourke 1% interview.
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