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by kokey 5362 days ago
The fools who sold the stock to you initially instead of holding it.

To be honest, I am growing tired of arguing against people who believe that the economy is a zero sum game, along with all the other fallacies. I can just grow wealthy on the back of betting against them, which is what I suspect others are doing.

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> To be honest, I am growing tired of arguing against people who believe that the economy is a zero sum game, along with all the other fallacies. I can just grow wealthy on the back of betting against them, which is what I suspect others are doing.

Isn't that proving the exact opposite point?

"It's not zero-sum! To prove it, I will make money AT YOUR EXPENSE!"