an overriding concern of any organization in the violence market is maintaining its legitimacy with its client populace. the main basis of this is that deployment of violence follows rules and the rules are discoverable. this makes people assign you legitimacy instinctively
-
-
one might hypothesize that a violence provider which is forced to interact with both clients and enemies with no easy way of telling them apart may tend to resolve the intolerable situation by picking some easy distinguishing characteristic and antagonizing everyone who has it
Show this threadThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
-
-
This holds where the stronger adversary has other political motives that require stratagem rather than brute force, but otherwise, violence has often been wielded consistently, obviously and implacably to great effect.
-
- 1 more reply
New conversation -
-
-
if you can't discover the rules of engagement, they may be being concealed from you...
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
-
-
total predictability only leads to defeat if your enemy is above some threshold of power, and is equally or even more terrifying if your enemy is below some threshold of power.
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.