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Don't be ridiculous. Arguments like this just provide aggressors with a bigger ratchet - it incentivizes them to seize the initiative and hurt others, then insist on mutuality to escape retaliation. Tit-for-tat is well established by game theory as a sound policy for dealing with malicious actors.



The thing about stupid policies that make us poorer is they are self-punishing. The same is true of unnecessary retaliation after a backdown.




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