Comment by oldsecondhand
4 years ago
By this definition being a soldier is a bullshit job, because the only reason it's needed is because other countries have soldiers as well (i.e. zero sum). But I don't think most people would agree that it can be done away with. Zero sum games are just an unavoidable part of life.
Zero sum games may not be completely avoidable, but that absolutely doesn't meam that the amount of economic activity wasted on zero sum games can't be reduced.
For example, I think the amount of money spent on nuclear weapons programs globally could be reuced significantly with no harm to the world.