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Card #c799IR // #c799Synthesis

War! War against the Usurper Prince right now. But war! War is our purpose. They are in a position to create the environment that their purpose flourishes within.

— In our words · Source: Service Model (Adrian Tchaikovsky)

[Use when]

Use when analyzing defense budgets, security theater, or any institution that needs its problem to persist in order to justify itself.

[Why it matters]

King Ubot's war machine does not respond to threats; it creates the environment its purpose flourishes in. A single soldier could declare war on the landscape itself and stay gainfully employed. Institutions built for a purpose will generate the conditions that purpose requires rather than ever admit the purpose has expired.

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