If you agree to be a slave, you will continue to generate tyrants. The only thing to stop that is to use the right kind of terror—but also be careful about what you give up.
In work, some co-worker may try to shift their own work to you, or someone wants to harass you. What’s the most effective way to fight back? Well, sometimes, it is physical—but that may not be necessary or optimal.
Maybe we can try articulation, analysis, right? You want to be sharp, and you want to decompose a problem. You want to formulate an argument and a counter-response.
Maybe you want to be so good at that, people don’t mess with you to begin with. And then, you are a perfectly articulate counter-monster, and you never have to take your sword out. That is the place you want to be. It’s like—people should know after three seconds of interacting with you that harassing you will be a seriously bad idea, and then you will have a perfectly fine time with them.
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