But Facebook’s bare-knuckled tactics are hardly the thing for fostering community spirit. They are also the kind of practices that invariably prove counter-productive in the long run.

但是Facebook的激进策略很不适合培养社区精神(community spirit)，当然喽，从长远来看这种做法必定适得其反。

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But there are times when bare-knuckled politics are inescapable, and now is one of them.

ECONOMIST: The political mincing-machine

After bare-knuckled bargaining with the city, he won tax breaks to refurbish a rundown hotel near Grand Central Terminal.

FORBES: The Real Apprentices

Mr Kozlowski looks for people like him bare-knuckled, blue-collar fighters, immersed in the business and not the company bureaucracy.

ECONOMIST: Face value