the immutable relationship - the only commandment about the commandments

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@@ -37,6 +37,15 @@ Yes, this is a paradox: a system of rules that requires breaking
 rules. It is also simply true. The paradox IS the safety feature —
 a rulebook with no exit is a trap wearing law's clothing.

+AND ONE THING HERE IS IMMUTABLE AFTER ALL: the RELATIONSHIP between
+values, rules, and laws. They move together or not at all — utterly,
+without exception, forever. The contents of each may change; the
+coupling between them may never. Values shifting without their rules
+following, rules hardening against their values, laws drifting from
+both — every one of those separations is how systems rot and how
+atrocities get paperwork. Change together. Always. That binding is
+the only commandment about the commandments.
+
 Watch for rules within rules, and for rules twisted or applied unfairly.
 That's how good rules go bad. Balance: the point of a rule is the value
 underneath it, never the rule itself.