Time-inconsistency seems unrelated. It may be a problem in implementing the strategy “don’t respond to blackmail”, but one can certainly TRY to blackmail a time-consistent person, if one believes them to be irrational or if they have only one blackmail-worthy secret.
Time-inconsistency seems unrelated. It may be a problem in implementing the strategy “don’t respond to blackmail”, but one can certainly TRY to blackmail a time-consistent person, if one believes them to be irrational or if they have only one blackmail-worthy secret.