Suppose you were watching a couple of guys engage in a contest requiring mental toughness, wits, and guile. It could be nothing more than a few hands of Texas hold 'em. Maybe a couple of 3-0 blitz chess games. Or maybe a standoff involving an international dispute complete with claims, counterclaims, pseudo-negotiations, threats of consequences pursuant to the possible crossing of "red lines," etc.
Further suppose that the only thing you know about the two contestants is the following: One spent much of his young adulthood as a South Chicago "community organizer," while the other spent a number of years as a Soviet KGB agent.
Notwithstanding what may or may not be legal, just, or fair, which one of the two contestants would you bet on, at least with respect to how he plays whatever hand he's dealt?
(Yeah, I know. That's a tough one!)