The Conventional Wisdom:

You Can't Give To Anyone Without Taking From Someone.

In contrast Prosperism is sharing with peers without taxing anyone. It is a bit difficult to comprehend how that may be possible. In my experiment on "Incentivized Giving", we all actually experienced how giving need not sacrifice anything. Finally, at least one of us got the essence of Prosperism in my latest blog. He is @danielwong and here is his quote: