Mechanism
The activation trigger is precise, but the return of ordinary governance is left undefined.
Enabling conditions
- Threat state has no measurable end
- Centralisation improves short-term speed
Failure modes
- Temporary authority becomes normal
- Review depends on the authority being reviewed
Early signals
- • Review dates repeatedly move
- • Technical recovery does not restore rights
Countermeasures
- • Pair activation with sunset
- • Create independent revocation
Diagnostic questions
- 1.What ends the exceptional power?
- 2.Who can revoke it independently?