You face this choice repeatedly throughout a conflict; it is so fundamental that parties often get stuck in cycles of metaconflict — conflicting over whether they will engage one another in the conflict.
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Metaconflict
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First, the metaconflict places severe constraints on political discourse. Second, it contracts the range of acceptable innovations and future arrangements.
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