• Pennomi@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    Maybe next time we reinvent political systems we’ll make one that’s aware of game theory and how things will obviously be exploited.

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      5 days ago

      Every game has a metagame, it’s unavoidable. Tic tac toe has a metagame. The problem in politics is you don’t always know what the actual metagame will turn out to be, so it’s often best to stick to the devil you know.