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If someone stronger or weaker wanted to fight you (physically) would you fight them or would you walk away? Is there shame on walking away? (lemmygrad.ml)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I just wonder that if I coward of a street fight, how good will I be on an actual revolution or in an apocalyptic scenario? Also, I wonder if not fighting bullies gives them ammunition to get away with their bad behavior and or reinforces it?

I know that in our current day and age, one might refuse to fight and just let the police deal with that. But if the collapse happened and we were in Mad Max, is not fighting a good strategy?

What is the philosophy on fighting? And on walking away?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

But if the collapse happened and we were in Mad Max, is not fighting a good strategy?

IMO fighting is generally better than being seen as a pushover (which will then invite anyone else to come take whatever they want from you). But fighting is almost always not a good strategy.

If things are going to come to blows in some "Mad Max" scenario, in most situations wouldn't it still be better to fight unfairly (hit first, hit dirty, join in a group, hit while they're not even looking)? Violence is always an answer, but opening yourself up to violence is almost always a bad idea. Better to be a dirty, cheating coward than dead.