AN EXIEL ARTIFACT: CULTURE LIVES

Culture is not content.
It is behavior.

It lives in what people repeat when no one is watching.
In how decisions are made under pressure.
In what feels natural rather than what is declared correct.

Culture lives before institutions recognize it.
It outlives them when they fail.

When culture is treated intentionally, it compounds.
When it is treated recklessly, it corrodes.

Culture lives whether we acknowledge it or not.

The only question is whether it is shaped — or left to drift.

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Exiel Artifact