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AfterFiat: The Load-Bearing Thesis

Essay v1.3 · Jason St George · 2026-09-11

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Contents

  1. 1. The Unspanned State
  2. 2. The Base Rate
  3. 3. The Two Dashboards
  4. 4. What Breaks When Guarantees Fail
  5. 5. The Cost of Checking
  6. 6. The Grid
  7. 7. The Trip Wires
  8. 8. How This Fails
  9. 9. What the Operator Does Monday