John Turiano<p>Great article which explains a lot of the division we see today. Long article, but definitely worth reading. Bookmark the link if you don't have time now, and let me know what you think.</p><p>"zero-sum thinking — the belief that life is a battle over finite rewards where gains for one mean losses for another."</p><p>“The reversion to zero-sum thinking now is in some ways a backlash against the positive-sum thinking of the post-Cold War era — the idea that globalization could lift all boats, that the U.S. could draft an international order in which nearly everyone could participate and become a responsible stakeholder,” </p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/world/asia/trump-zero-sum-world.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/03/01/world/a</span><span class="invisible">sia/trump-zero-sum-world.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/USpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/political" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>political</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/zerosum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>zerosum</span></a></p>