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I think the only rational way to communicate with the Russian political elite is to assume everything is a lie and only look at hard facts like the actions take
by axiosgunnar 5y ago
I think the only rational way to communicate with the Russian political elite is to assume everything is a lie and only look at hard facts like the actions taken, the incentives at play etc., kind of like in those game-theory experiments, where you cannot trust your counterpart but have to interact with him.
Hilarious really, if it weren't for people dying.
- dekhn 5y agoThere is a saying for this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trust,_but_verify https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trust,_but_verify I heard it first in the context of Reagan (who was absolutely right when he said it) but apparently it's a russian proverb. How apt.
- eveningcoffee 5y agoIt actually means the opposite - never trust, always verify.