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@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ Jonathan Schwarz articulated this perfectly: "The people who control institution
 
 Watch what happens when a community leader's position depends on there being problems to solve. Suddenly, problems become very hard to solve. The Code of Conduct committee that needs violations to justify their existence. The working group that creates more working groups. The board member more interested in their board seat than the community itself.
 
+You know what's fun? Watching these same leaders give keynotes about empathy while actively ignoring maintainer burnout in their own projects.
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 This isn't conscious villainy. It's structural incentive. When your position in a community depends on fighting dragons, you'll always find dragons to fight — or create them.<label for="sn-dragons" class="margin-toggle sidenote-number"></label>
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 <span class="sidenote">This is why I'm skeptical when any group claims they need "permanent" positions to address "systemic" issues. If the issue is truly systemic, why would your job exist to solve it? The incentives are backwards from the start.</span>
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-<span class="sidenote">This one still makes me angry. The person with the most lived experience of the system being discussed was excluded for not already knowing the "correct" academic language to discuss it. That's not justice — it's gatekeeping.</span>
+<span class="sidenote">This one still makes me angry. The person with the most lived experience of the system being discussed was excluded for not already knowing the "correct" academic language to discuss it. That's not justice — it's gatekeeping by people who've never seen the inside of a cell but have strong opinions about those who have.</span>
 
 ### The Kind Open-Source Project
 
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 The initiative had become a checkbox exercise. Managers attended the trainings, mouthed the words, but when push came to shove, protecting hierarchy mattered more than living the values.
 
+Oh, and that engineer? They were later let go for "culture fit." The manager who retaliated? Promoted. Psychological safety, indeed.
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 ## The Steelman: Why This Matters Anyway
 
 Before you conclude that all value-driven communities are doomed to hypocrisy, let's acknowledge some crucial truths:

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