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It's not a zero-sum game because the output of workers converts things that are not valuable into things that are valuable.
The major component of the $300 Intel multi-core microprocessor is less than a penny's worth of sand.
Before internal combustion, all the oil in the M.E. was worthless.
Before the industrial revolution, 50% of the population had to do hard farm labor in order to feed the rest.
Capitalism works better because it maximizes human energy into producing wealth in this way. If something is considered valuable, resources are automatically put into generating it, without anyone's plan or program or signature.
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