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That still doesn't make sense for people who aren't billionaires, though ... if it's zero sum, billionaires are even more problematic than they already are.
As Ronald Wright said , A Short History of Progress (2004): "John Steinbeck once said that socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires." (note, John Steinbeck never said that)
It makes sense if you don't think the billionaires can ever lose, so anyone else getting more means some other poor person has to get less.