>>20103208>What did surprise me, is that nowhere in the 6 page document does Ripple ever address the amount of the SEC's requested fine.>The SEC in their last court filing, said they want Ripple to pay $2 billion in fines to the SEC.>Ripple attacks the reasoning behind that assessment, but strangely enough, they never offer a counterproposal for the suggested fine amount.this is a very effective tactic for resisting neurolinguistic programming, propaganda, brainwashing of any sort (ranging from interpersonal interactions all the way up to international relations/civilization-level narratives)
it's all about framing (cf Erving Goffman, see link below). reality is in the most literal sense influenced or even created by our perception of it and one of the main ways power operates in this world is by forcing others to accept its view of the world, by defining what is true or trustworthy or "real"
the SEC came out with an absurd offer (belying its weak position and ultimate insecurity, like all bullies). Ripple's counsel (i bet A. Ceresny and Mary Jo White played a part here) wisely refused to accept or even acknowledge the SEC's frame.
instead of reacting and getting angry or getting dirty by rolling in the mud with the pigs, they offered a more reasonable suggestion. at this point Torres is sick of the SEC's bullshit shenanigans as well (and the SEC is getting btfo in the coinbase and debtbox lawsuits) so Ripple has a reasonable expectation that she will be more sympathetic to their reality framing/suggested course of action.
bullies often are quick to capitulate especially if they sense the tide turning against them and their false image of strength will suddenly evaporate. the fight just goes out of them and they'll look for easier targets (ETH)
https://www.britannica.com/topic/frame-analysisyou know that webm of the pelican biting the capybara and the capybara just doesn't react? that's a pretty good illustration of resisting an imposed frame IMO