Asking the tricky questions eh?
I would say that booting Steve is good because it's not me.
It would be voting off someone who is more connected to others (e.g. Foxy, Max) than they are to me, and weakens my adversaries (Foxy, Max).
There's also the potential for Royal to realise how much Steve was defending him and so limiting that as a potential connection for Royal outside of me makes sense.
It's not just the vote itself that matters, but also how going with the Steve vote helps build my relationships with the other people making that vote.
I think it remains unlikely that Foxy/Max will end up voting Steve (unless warned to do so by Buckley), but even if they don't, there is advantage in me having merely done what they told me to, rather than having pulled off a sneaky move. To me, it feels like I am pulling off a sneaky move, that I am explicitly working against Foxy and Max, and they may see it that way too, to some degree, but it has enabled me to be honest with them about where I am voting, and puts more heat on anyone who lied to them.
Everyone knows that Steve was wanting Buckley out, so me showing to Buckley a preparedness to make Steve the target hopefully demonstrates to Buckley that I am thinking of him too in the decisions that I am making.
Similarly, Royal appeared more comfortable with voting Steve than voting Max and I think I need to, again, show a willingness to respect people's opinions and allow them to feel autonomy.
It's this sort of approach that is going to make me a more appealing person to work with than someone like Foxy, who has been attracting all sorts of negative attention for how they have gone about trying to get what they want.
At least that's the plan.
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