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One could argue a crazy irrational leader is a better defense against the start of conflict than a rational leader
by bushbaba 5y ago
One could argue a crazy irrational leader is a better defense against the start of conflict than a rational leader
- dragonwriter 5y ago> One could argue a crazy irrational leader is a better defense against the start of conflict than a rational leader One could argue anything, but I don't think there is a good argument for that position. In fact, I think it's painfully obvious that such a leader makes it less likely that efforts at avoiding conflict will be successful.
- 1986 5y agoThis was explicitly Nixon's approach, and it didn't really work at all https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madman_theory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madman_theory
- bushbaba 5y agoGot a great laugh that the 3 people mentioned are Nixon, Trump, and Putin.