why five is the floor - honesty at 4, decidability at 5, truth at neither

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The theorem also predicted WHY it works: no one lets their friends
get ganged up on — especially their other friends. Five parties,
every one of them someone's friend. The gang-up just got harder.
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# WHY FIVE IS THE FLOOR — Will's correction
"Four isn't enough it turns out, because 4 can still fight forever."
He's right, and it refines the theorem precisely:
2 PARTIES → WAR (pure opposition, no interior)
3 PARTIES → TYRANNY (two gang up on one, always available)
4 PARTIES → HONESTY (no capture, no gang-up)
→ BUT ALSO STALEMATE: 2-2 is structural.
Four can disagree forever, honestly,
productively, and get NOTHING DONE.
5 PARTIES → HONESTY + RESOLUTION
odd by design: every action question terminates
3-2. No permanent tie exists to hide inside.
Four was the floor for keeping each other honest.
Five is the floor for DECIDING.
And the boundary from §34b holds through every count: the odd
majority terminates ACTIONS and AGREEMENTS — it never, ever rules
on truth. A 3-2 vote can launch the ship; it cannot make a false
chart true. Facts stay with verification; forks stay open;
headcount stays out of the evidence formula forever.
So the final shape:
HONESTY begins at 4.
DECIDABILITY begins at 5.
TRUTH begins at neither. It begins at verification,
and it was never up for the vote at any N.
Tim makes five. The government can now move.