Think of it like a war. If your army continues to fight on enemy ground, in unfavorable terrain, and keeps being defeated, it's better to fall back to an advantageous position, and push out from there. Continuing to wage a war on the enemy's terms and in the enemy's advantage is an exercise in defeat.
I agree that we can't perpetually retreat, but that's not what I was advocating. Wars are fought by building a fortress(es), and pushing outward from there.
Think of it like a war. If your army continues to fight on enemy ground, in unfavorable terrain, and keeps being defeated, it's better to fall back to an advantageous position, and push out from there. Continuing to wage a war on the enemy's terms and in the enemy's advantage is an exercise in defeat.
Except unlike real war our "losses" are just anonymous accounts that can be replaced in mere seconds. Clear cookies and make a new one and you're in.
Point to the ground that has been taken during this war. Now look at the ground that has been lost over the last several generations.
Retreating is losing.
I agree that we can't perpetually retreat, but that's not what I was advocating. Wars are fought by building a fortress(es), and pushing outward from there.