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Rule of conflict: try never be the first to make a legible move at a new escalation level. Otherwise you’ll lose the “who started it” optics battle. Increasingly that’s most of the battle.
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Doesn’t work well against illegible salami provocation tactics though. Whenever you react it will look like overreaction. Children, pets, and abusive groomers like Trump are naturals at this.
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Ah, sure. Children and pets have the additional advantage that the differential in capability and authority makes any escalation by an adult human seem inherently disproportionate.
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