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It would have been basically a zero-sum game !!!
Jules Did you get what you wanted ?
Garfield No, we pulled out of the negotiation after a very short time.
Jules I'm surprised. The prospects for agreement seemed very good at the start.
Garfield They did, but it didn't take long before things looked very different.
Jules Why was that ?
Garfield Well what they were proposing would have left us with almost nothing and they thought our proposal would mean the same for them. So it would have been basically a zero-sum game.
Explanation :
 
If you refer to a situation as zero-sum game, you mean that if one person gains an advantage from it, someone else involved must suffer an equivalent disadvantage.
 
Example :  Mahjong is a zero-sum game : others have to lose money for you to win money.
 
 

 

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