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Re:Microsoft Workers Demand It Drop $450M U.S. Army Contract by jplayer01 on Saturday February 23, 2019 @02:05AM (#19232135)
We have plenty of diplomacy. But diplomacy only goes so far. Military exists because diplomacy doesn't always work and there are plenty of reasons why it might not work.
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Re:Microsoft Workers Demand It Drop $450M U.S. Army Contract by underwater on Saturday February 23, 2019 @03:25AM (#19232350)
Yes. But there is a very real difference in escalation as a last resort and as the default.

The Prisoner's Dilemma is about operating with zero knowledge from and coordination with the other parties. Diplomacy lets us avoid that in the real world.

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