Commitments are computations that have influence in the world, that some things in the world are listening to. You can defeat a commitment by denying it influence. Blackmail is in part a commitment to enforce, and there is an opposing commitment to ignore blackmail. These commitments come into conflict, since ignorers trigger enforcement by blackmailers, which leads to more direct conflict between the bearers of the opposing commitments, with implications for influence of those commitments.
If a faction that gives influence to one of these commitments is more powerful than the faction giving influence to the other commitment, it locally won’t go well for those who join the other faction. The game then shifts to the dynamics of how these factions are built and coordinated.
Commitments are computations that have influence in the world, that some things in the world are listening to. You can defeat a commitment by denying it influence. Blackmail is in part a commitment to enforce, and there is an opposing commitment to ignore blackmail. These commitments come into conflict, since ignorers trigger enforcement by blackmailers, which leads to more direct conflict between the bearers of the opposing commitments, with implications for influence of those commitments.
If a faction that gives influence to one of these commitments is more powerful than the faction giving influence to the other commitment, it locally won’t go well for those who join the other faction. The game then shifts to the dynamics of how these factions are built and coordinated.