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rhizome on June 17, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: Choosing Hong Kong Is a Brilliant Move by Edward S...

If it's that simple, you'll have no trouble coming up with historical examples of the mechanism you describe having operated with the simplicity you assert.

scarmig on June 18, 2013 [–]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percentages_agreement

Or, if that doesn't suit your fancy, any of the WWII dealings among the Allies about how things would be divied up.

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