Zero-sum thinking is an obsession of mine, but mostly in economics.
The poor of the world cannot be made rich by the redistribution of wealth. Poverty can't be eliminated by punishing people who've escaped poverty, taking their money and giving it as a reward to people who have failed to escape.
Authority has always attracted the lowest elements in the human race
Politics is the business of getting power and privilege without possessing merit
First and foremost: Feed people.
People who are wise, good, smart, skillful, or hardworking don't need politics, they have jobs.