Seen on substack. Allegedly a Chinese saying. Extremely wise whether it is or not!
Only kids argue over right and wrong.
Adults see the nuance.
One plays to win.
The other plays to understand.
How to deal with a psychopath.
When your opponent changes all the rules all the time solely to WIN every single point, you need to recognize that you can’t win. Fighting will excite him. Take the punches. Don’t punch back. Don’t argue. Learn what he’s doing. Above all STRENGTHEN YOUR OWN RESOURCES.
Canada is doing this with Trump. Other countries have done it in the past when we blockaded and sanctioned them. Cuba since 1960, Persia since 1980, Russia since 2000.
China is a special case. We weren’t sanctioning China, but in fact we were fighting China in Korea and Vietnam while pretending to fight Russia. China is adult. China ALWAYS plays to understand. Ike also understood the game, and pulled out before we could lose. Nixon played to win, and ended up losing dramatically. He surrendered to China, and since then we’ve been handing our economy and technology to China while pretending that we’re winning.
Our incurably stupid Democrats and “journalists” have been doing the wrong thing for so long that I have to conclude they’re paid by Trump to help him win.
Later, a perfect example. When one newspaper tried to avoid exciting the beast, others protested and demanded louder screeching, more bear-baiting, more feeding the beast. Incurably self-destructive.
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