A very important distinction:

Some Guardians of Decay know what they’re doing.

Most don’t.

They aren’t evil.

They’re conditioned.

They defend the system because it feels familiar.

They confuse tone with truth, calm with credibility.

They’ve never studied OODA “loop” sketch, let alone understand it.

They’ve never broken a frame.

They’ve never been trained to tell when an institution is dying, or that it’s okay to say so.

So when you speak clearly,

they’ll try to contain it.

Not to hurt you.

To protect what they still believe.

That doesn’t make them innocent.

It makes them dangerous in a different way.

See the pattern.

Don’t get pulled into the swirl.

Keep asking questions.