March 13, 2011
Who's a Chicken?
We are surrounded by games of chicken. Courageous antigovernment protesters announce that they will not back down, whatever the forces of repression may do; governments (of Tunisia, Egypt, Bahrain, Libya, fill in the blank) threaten that they will clear the streets and stay in power, whatever protesters may do. Business owners (and increasingly, Republican state governors) announce that they will never accede to union demands; union leaders reply that they will not be intimidated. "We're
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