> It is a sad fact of life that the best outcome for everybody is to let the economically productive take first pick of any available resources
That is not a fact of life, it is simply a hypocritical way of legitimizing monopolistic advantage. What one defines as economically productive will unequivocally align with the groups one favors over others.
Power is not natural, it is created and reproduced, and naturalized beyond the realm of critical thought by false claims to the facts of Life.
Does life really as facts? Which life?