A zero-sum game is a game in which any player's winnings are balanced by the other players' losses.
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It's not a zero-sum game.
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Tom sees everything as a zero-sum game.
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I think somewhere along the line society failed in uplifting minorities without putting down other people. It seems it’s been portrayed as a zero-sum game where “punching up” is the only accepted way to play. To people on an individual level, I have no doubt it breeds an enormous amount of bitterness.
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