Extortion and threats require a communication channel to the intended victim.
Evidence
Many interesting game tactics and game situations depend on the structure of communication, particularly asymmetries in communication and unilateral options to initiate communication or to destroy it. Threats are no good if they cannot be communicated to the persons for whom they are intended; extortion requires a means of conveying the alternatives to the intended victim. — Thomas C. Schelling, The Strategy of Conflict, 338
Categorization
- XREF: Feeds the reader’s model of the Mafia’s private enforcement: the Godfather’s power depends on being able to communicate the alternatives to victims - a communication-structure condition. — connects to: Credible threats can be conveyed by action rather than verbal pledge — Thomas C. Schelling, The Strategy of Conflict, 34; Establishing identity and a communication line creates new exploitable threat value — Thomas C. Schelling, The Strategy of Conflict, 326; Commitments must be communicated through evidence, not just words. — Thomas C. Schelling, The Strategy of Conflict, 342
Related
- Commitments must be communicated through evidence, not just words. (similarity 0.81)
Broader Connections
- Credible threats can be conveyed by action rather than verbal pledge
#complicates(0.82) — Thomas C. Schelling, The Strategy of Conflict, 34 - Establishing identity and a communication line creates new exploitable threat value
#expands(0.78) — Thomas C. Schelling, The Strategy of Conflict, 326 - Commitments must be communicated through evidence, not just words.
#corroborates(0.75) — Thomas C. Schelling, The Strategy of Conflict, 342