• Mycatiskai@lemmy.ca
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      2 months ago

      The technique is likely feeding the hostages well by not feeding starving people. When you have a bargaining chip, you can’t let it die or starve or you have a double negative. The bargaining chip is dead and the other side can say you didn’t use all your resources keeping this chip in good health.