The trick is to be smarter than the horse. That pits your strength against his weakness. To command older men who outranked one called for a certain measure of tact. If you want to catch something, running after it isn't always the best way. Our bodies are our masters, we their prisoners.
Stupidity can be just as bad as malice.
The one thing you can t trade for your heart s desire is your heart. If you can t dazzle em with daring, hang em up with horseshit. Even a war of maneuver requires a credible force to maneuver with. It s logically impossible to prove a negative. Most men are of naught more use in their lives but as machine for turning food into shit.