
Boosted by taral ("JP Sugarbroad"):
interfluidity@zirk.us ("Steve Randy Waldman") wrote:
there are no deals, commitments are meaningless, but the ironclad principle of the new diplomacy is if you flatter him and make him look good he just might be nice to you. whoever you are.
and if you give him an opportunity to look good, if he can take credit, he might do whatever it is you’d like done.