In coercive elite networks, the most valuable leverage is mutually assured destruction. If participants commit an act that is: • Morally irreversible • Criminally catastrophic • Socially annihilating Then everyone becomes permanently bound to silence. The logic is: Normal vice → deniable Serious crime → risky Unthinkable crime → total lock in The more extreme the act, the stronger the shared vulnerability. This would transform the network into a closed system where defection equals self destruction.