Extortion succeeds only when bundled onto a legitimate negotiating agenda

Evidence

The protection against extortion depends on refusal, unavailability, or inability, to negotiate. But if the object of the extortionate threat can be brought onto the agenda with the other topic, the latent threat becomes effective. — Thomas C. Schelling, The Strategy of Conflict, 84

Categorization

• XREF: Directly the reader’s Gambetta mapping: Mafia protection is latent extortion activated only when attached to a legitimate transaction like a loan or shop. — connects to: Inability to make enforceable promises can shield someone from extortion — Thomas C. Schelling, The Strategy of Conflict, 722; Bundling an extortionate demand onto a legitimate agenda makes the threat effective — Thomas C. Schelling, The Strategy of Conflict, 84; Agenda confinement and publicity neutralize extortionate threats in negotiation — Thomas C. Schelling, The Strategy of Conflict, 85 (+1 more)

Related

• Bundling an extortionate demand onto a legitimate agenda makes the threat effective (similarity 0.92)
• Agenda confinement and publicity neutralize extortionate threats in negotiation (similarity 0.82)
• Inability to make enforceable promises can shield someone from extortion (similarity 0.81)
• Protection must include defense against rival extortionists (similarity 0.80)
• Protection is a double-edged commodity blending shelter with extortion (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Short time horizons drive protectors from protection toward extortion #qualifies (0.75)