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You're lucky if you live a life where you can always enforce your rights. But at least her blog post shows that is not always the case. Maybe you've also heard other stories. For instance, I remember a story where a western female tourist got raped, went to the police and immediately was sent to jail, because her "crime" of having extramarital affairs was way worse to the autorities than raping a woman.

A simpler example that much more people experience at least once in their life: A customer comes to you and treats you like sh*t. You can go to your boss and complain about the customer, but for the boss the money the customer brings is more important than your well being. So you get an angry boss instead of getting rid of the customer. The moral situation is indisputable, but enforcing your rights is a luxury you don't always have.

Therefore low power tactics is an important survival skill: Avoiding conflict without the necessity to give them what they want.



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