“Modern military planners often talk in terms of “threat spirals” when a given threat escalates and inspires a defensive countermeasure. Ideally you should anticipate your opponent’s next escalation and take countermeasures, insulating yourself from the future threat.”

—  James Wesley Rawles

Source: How to Survive the End of the World as We Know It, Plume, New York (2009), p. 202

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