am I merely cherry picking examples and interpreting them to suit my needs?
Yes :-)
What evils would you commit as devil?
10 seconds of thought produced this: make it so goodness/pleasure/happiness in the world is a zero-sum game—the only way you can get happier is by making someone else unhappier. And make the total pool of goodness/happiness slowly decrease over time.
Yes :-)
10 seconds of thought produced this: make it so goodness/pleasure/happiness in the world is a zero-sum game—the only way you can get happier is by making someone else unhappier. And make the total pool of goodness/happiness slowly decrease over time.
Can it be made a negative-sum game instead?