not the first time corporate (-America) has pronounced it’s ambiguous status: “It may be dangerous to be America’s enemy, but to be America’s friend is fatal.”
"A patient empire, understanding the asymmetry between how fast dependence is lost and how slowly it is recovered, would have said nothing, reassured everyone, and kept the valve well hidden."
not the first time corporate (-America) has pronounced it’s ambiguous status: “It may be dangerous to be America’s enemy, but to be America’s friend is fatal.”
Dependence or trust?
Dependence is a relation whilst trust denotes a measure of reliability – here trust has plummeted but the intractable relation persists.
"A patient empire, understanding the asymmetry between how fast dependence is lost and how slowly it is recovered, would have said nothing, reassured everyone, and kept the valve well hidden."
Dependence or independence?