“Yes. Yes. Lick ’em tomorrow, though.” And this is precisely what happens. Napoleon, too, describes warfare in that simple way: Two armies are hurled at each other and both are thrown into confusion and disarray by the force of the collision. Victory is simple. It goes to whoever reassembles and redoubles first. If either party thinks this would be a chance to rest, they are wrong. All are scrambling now—Gawker, Thiel, Hogan—not to try to get an advantage but for their very survival. They have collided with great force and are thrown into disarray. Publicly reviled, any could be down for the
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