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[–] jimmux 1 points 4 days ago

Musical chairs teaches that abandoning the needy and competing in a zero-sum game is a losing strategy in the long run because it does nothing to address the underlying problem of limited resources. Does the winner enjoy sitting alone on their throne? For how long, before it too is taken away?

If I was a smarter kid, I would have realised it's better to exit the game early and chill out wherever the discarded chairs go.