Apr 25
Zero Sum Narratives.
The Undercover Disruption of War I have seen many illnesses in my time. Some come with a cough, some with a complaint, and some—like this one—arrive quietly, sit in the mind, and refuse to leave. We call it the zero-sum narrative. A respectable name for a rather uncivilized habit: your gain is my loss. Like neighbours fighting over a mango tree neither of them planted. War, of course, is the…