[lbo-talk] wealth is not a zero sum game

[charlie herbert]

I'm mostly not very confident of my grasp of left criticism of the economy
and yet am a long time subscriber here, happily gleaning what I can glean.

I'm in a conversation right now where I'm being hit with "wealth is not a
zero sum game."  Because I had a superficial understanding of it at first I
did a teeny bit of googling and found it is a major talking point with
apologists all over.

My point in the conversation is basically that our current system is
incredibly exploitative both of natural resources and labor.  They repeat
the wealth is not a zero sum game.  Is this just wrong, a red herring?? any
pointers.