it is important to be clear that cooperation is conditional
Your cooperation or theirs?
Make it obvious that you will not keep being nice to them regardless of what they do. If they ‘defect’ then ‘defect back if convenient’ is the ideal that you hope they will attribute to you.
Your cooperation or theirs?
Make it obvious that you will not keep being nice to them regardless of what they do. If they ‘defect’ then ‘defect back if convenient’ is the ideal that you hope they will attribute to you.