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A comment on Paradoxical Geniuses: “Let us burn the ships” (2017). Parent comment

Re:Paradoxical Geniuses: “Let us burn the ships” (2017) by User23 on Thursday November 28, 2019 @02:07PM (#21659532)
From the perspective of the 98% who fail sure it’s bad. On the other hand from the perspective of the sovereign they work for risking 500 men for an empire is an excellent bet. That’s a wildly asymmetric payoff there.

People here should be familiar with this dynamic.

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