The Access Broker

Access is currency; bodies are collateral.
The broker monetizes proximity, not skill.
It converts favors into silence and silence into protection.
Supply is vulnerability; demand is insulation.
Selection filters for those who can’t safely speak.
Contracts are implicit; enforcement is reputational.
Risk is pushed downward; immunity is routed upward.
Records fragment by design; liability dissolves in jurisdictional fog.
Visibility is staged to signal legitimacy while obscuring flow.
Intermediaries launder intent through finance, law, and philanthropy.
When exposed, the system prosecutes the artifact, not the circuit.
One node is removed; the topology remains.
Memory is managed as scandal, not ledger.
Protection outperforms accountability, every cycle.

Verdict: The machine remains intact; only the face is replaced.