Ive never understood why the concept of reciprocity is so obvious yet never discussed. China blocks your apps, you block theirs.
I guess you'd have to be an idiot like Trump to even suggest such a thing.
I guess you'd have to be an idiot like Trump to even suggest such a thing.
Most of the studies about “people are irrational” are times psychologists fail to realize that people are acting on an iterated (rather than single round) game — and enforcing reciprocity through their “irrational” acts.
We know at an instinctive level that reciprocity is necessary in game theory — eg, Iterated Prisoner’s Dilemma.
You always start out by cooperating but if someone defects on you, you defect on them.
Your argument is so general as to be almost meaningless. It can be used to justify not responding to almost anything.
The Chinese "elite capture" program is well-documented. They intentionally ensnare govt & business elites (and family members) in extremely lucrative deals with China to ensure they remain pro-China's interests. And there are some big names in there (Bidens, Pelosi, and McConnell etc).
The media doesnt talk about this corruption as they all have movie studios and want to sell their movies into China.
Its why there may be occasional discussion of the problem (like here) but for some inexplicable reason, simple and obvious steps are never taken.
The political will simply isn't there due to elite capture IMO.