[roosterdawn]

> actual checks and account balances from bribes right? Just another mafia state style leverage play here.

Not that things cannot be significantly improved or that I'm not extremely disappointed with our level of political executive leadership, but if this is what you think a mafia state is, I wonder what you would call the situation in other countries where things are significantly worse.

[drawkbox]

The world runs on self-interest and leverage, people seem to have forgotten that. The current climate screams this reality.

The zero-sum game disciples are in power and calling the shots. I don't personally subscribe or believe in that ideology but it cannot be denied that the current state of the world is steeped in it.

In game theory, if the other side cheats and your side keeps cooperating, you will lose every time. There is a great little game theory game that highlights it here called The Evolution of Trust [1].

[1] https://ncase.me/trust/