Counter-System Stress Test Worksheet

1

Name the Counter-System

Identify the structure that has formed in response to pressure.

Counter-System Name

Short Description What is this system, group, network, movement, or structure?

2

Origin Pressure

What conditions caused this counter-system to emerge?

Check any that apply

Other condition

What pressure made this counter-system necessary?

3

Primary System Failure

Trace the failure back to its source and its human cost.

Primary System

Who was failed by this system?

What stopped working?

Who paid the price?

4

Method of Disruption

How does this counter-system interfere with the primary system?

Check any that apply

Other method

How does this system apply pressure?

5

Functional Value

Why do people tolerate, use, or support this counter-system?

Check any that apply

Other value

What does this counter-system provide that the primary system does not?

6

Price of Participation

What does involvement with this counter-system cost?

Check any that apply

Other cost

What does this system endanger?

7

Public Perception

How do different groups view this counter-system?

Supporters see it as

Opponents see it as

Pragmatists see it as

Exploiters see it as

Who benefits from this system?

Who fears it?

Who manipulates it?

8

Systemic Response

How does the primary system react once the counter-system becomes visible?

Check any that apply

Other response

What pressure does the counter-system create upstream?

9

Stability Threshold

At what point does this counter-system change?

What causes it to grow?

What causes it to fracture?

What causes it to collapse?

What happens if it succeeds?

What new system might rise against it?

10

Final Counter-System Profile

Use your answers above to summarize the counter-system.

This counter-system exists because

It disrupts the primary system by

People use it because

The cost of using it is

The primary system responds by

Its long-term consequence is

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Final Diagnostic Questions

Answer these questions last.

Where does this system break first?

Where does it adapt successfully?

Where does it become dangerous?

Where does it start becoming the very thing it opposed?