Faustian Bargain

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Note, the second example should read ""In a misguided Faustian bargain, he gave up control of his publication to a large corporate sponsor." (the 'he' is missing but this is corrected in the subtitles).

A Faustian bargain is a bargain, pact, deal, agreement or compromise in which a person gives up their moral or ethical values in exchange for some benefit, such as power, knowledge, etc.

Also, a deal, compromise, or decision in which a person focuses solely on the present benefit without any thought to the long-term consequences, and harm, of the agreement.

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Image credit: Cover and first page of 1876 book Faust, Part I by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, decorated by Rudolf Seitz, published by Stroefer & Kirchner, large German edition: 51x38cm, located in the Tamoikin Art Fund by Earthsphere via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... #idioms