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  • But it is possible to negotiate with Russia. Just do it in two stages: Make a show of force first, and only then have dialogue. The negotiations between President Ronald Reagan and the Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev that helped to end the Cold War could not have taken place had Reagan not first exploited the weaknesses of the U.S.S.R. by exerting heavy military and economic pressure, including by supporting groups and countries that were challenging the Soviets all over the world, like the Polish Solidarity movement and the Afghan ​​​mujahedeen. This two-stage approach did the trick: When the Kremlin elite realized that they were too weak to break Reagan’s determination they began to negotiate.

    I can’t believe anyone here read and understood this paragraph and then celebrates this. You guys do know what the mujahedeen went on to do, right? Right? Not even talking about instrumentalising tens of thousands of young humans to organise terror in a foreign country. Just the blowback should be enough to deter anyone from repeating that shit. That fucker just said: “yeah fuck the women in Afghanistan, at least in the 70s we showed the commies who’s boss”

    And don’t come at me with the “Just do the game-theory zero sum game without the externalities then.”

    e: typo





  • Ich hab mal gehört dass Zeugen Jehovas absichtlich so einen Stand betreiben wo sie zumeist angepöbelt werden. Die Konvertierungsrate ist nicht sonderlich hoch, aber die negative Erfahrung schweißt die Zeugen mehr zusammen. Ein defensives Meme, kein offensives.

    Vllt ist das bei Redpill/Alpha/Pickup… Kreisen was ähnliches. Das negative Feedback ist das Ziel. Wenn die gute Beziehugnstipps geben würden dann würde sich die Gemeinschaft selbst zerstören, dann hätten wir das Problem nicht.




  • Ich war letztes jahr in Indien auf einer Hochzeit. Ich habe die Sitten nicht ganz durchblickt, aber mir wurde gesagt ich soll jetzt dem Kerl der das Pferd herumführt Trinkgeld zustecken. Der Bankomat spuckt dort nur 500 Rupien Scheine aus (ca 5€) - die größten Scheine die dort existieren. Der Mann hatte sichtlich Panik als ich ihm den Schein geben wollte, hat sich umgesehen und wurde nervös.

    Später habe ich erfahren dass das eine Kasten Sache war, der durfte den von mir nicht annehmen. Das Kastensystem wurde offiziell 1948 abgeschafft. Wir müssen Feminismus leben.











  • They never intended to follow through, or do it so anyone can easily defect the agreement.

    The US has real power. Economically and military power. There is a reason they published their plans to invade the Hague should any American be convicted at the ICC. Some similar arrangement would be found with this.

    You have to think as cynically as possible, the people in power will too. Then think of something that all sides avoid that thing or you will be thrown under the bus by however holds power.


  • From a game-theory standpoint (which markets are an instance of such a game) he is not even incorrect. If we tax someone at 15%, while the US doesn’t they will take their business there (if possible). This is not a normative statement, this sucks and will lead to the world’s destruction (literally wiht global warming, and the same for arms races and war). But is is correct.

    Here is my (semi) hot take: To really change anything in the world you cannot be game-theoretically naive. We cannot just by cynnical like the market-liberals, because they are willing to sacrifice the planet and humans for their goals.

    We need to be post-cynical. Recognising that just claiming the morally right thing will never get us the power to change anything and just striving for the power to change will make us just as evil as them. If we want to change things for the better we have to hold them both in mind.