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[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 44 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Depriving the enemy of food so they are too weak to fight is a good tactic.

[–] just2look@lemmy.zip 48 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Hamsters out there reading Sun Tzu?

[–] Archer@lemmy.world 28 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

It’s funny how The Art of War is just a senior NCO (Sun Tzu) telling a bunch of idiot hereditary officers how to not lose wars with extremely basic advice because he’d seen what had happened if they didn’t have that

[–] shneancy@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago

some of that basic advice still boggles the minds of leaders today

"always leave a way for your enemy to escape, a hopeless enemy fights to the death"

oh what was that? grind all the money out of everyone so they feel hopeless and feel like there's no way out? yeah great idea let's do that - apparently every profit centred institution

[–] FerretyFever0@fedia.io 6 points 5 days ago

It's important to cut off supply lines, true.

[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 9 points 5 days ago (1 children)

What a grand epiphany, hamsters are Russia in the winter.

[–] Allero@lemmy.today 2 points 5 days ago

Okay I never realized you can put @ in a username for some reason??