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> How about we treat enemies as actual enemies, rather than rolling over and letting them make our lives more difficult? Treating someone as an actual enemy me
by thaumasiotes 2y ago
> How about we treat enemies as actual enemies, rather than rolling over and letting them make our lives more difficult?
Treating someone as an actual enemy means accepting that sometimes they're going to do things that are inconvenient for you.
> Why in the world should we have to rely on inferior methods?
Well...
treating someone as an actual enemy means accepting that sometimes they're going to do things that are inconvenient for you.
- epistasis 2y agoAnd they are going to also experience "inconveniences" for random bullying. Ignoring what a bully does has predictable consequences.
- wholinator2 2y agoYes, I'm reminded of how woefully the teachers at my grade school tried to stop bullying by... making them sit together and talk through a script. Usually finalized by a knock on the head as they were walking out, having perfectly finished their "remediation". I'm also reminded of how quickly problems were solved when you simply disobeyed the adults and hit them back. It got results. You might say that a grade school is very different than the world state. You might
- epistasis 2y agoYes, some might. And other, far more wise people, might realize that appeasement of bullies throughout history has resulted in some of our very worst wars and the most horrific atrocities that humanity has ever committed. Weakness invites conflict and destruction from the bullies of the world, and when it comes to war, the bullies gain materials and conscripts when they are allowed to conquer. (I think we are very much on the same page, thank you for the comment.)