That's not fair. The argument you seem to be advocating for is that we can make people happier by reducing scarcity, they are offering you a counter example.
'happy' is hard, it could very well be that suffering is an important part of happiness... who knows, but it's a valid line of argument.
'happy' is hard, it could very well be that suffering is an important part of happiness... who knows, but it's a valid line of argument.