The Hunger of the Masses

Competition for resources to satiate the hunger of the masses and the accumulation of wealth by the industrial barons drove the invention and provision of more products and services for consumers. Competition also increased the quantities of goods and services available to every civilized consumer, aided by the now readily available fossil fuels. As a result, our populations have exploded. In Your zero-sum world, something had to give and it was not the insatiable wants of the civilized, but Your inability to provide as resources dwindled.