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Assumption Ledger Entry #001
Assumption: Control ownership implies enforcement authority.
Status: Under structural stress.
Ownership of a control plane has been treated as sufficient grounds for enforcement. The logic: if the system is yours, the policy is enforceable.
This assumption remains load-bearing. The structure underneath it does not.
Enforcement capacity has decoupled from ownership boundaries. Responsibility for a control no longer guarantees the ability to enforce it.
Ownership persists. Enforcement capacity does not.
Contracts still assume this equivalence. Audits still rely on it. Boards still hear it reported as fact.
The assumption has not been retired. It has been quietly hollowed out, and the language around it continues as if the structure remained intact.
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