Report from Iron Mountain

A leaked study on why peace must never break out. Satire, said the author — eventually.

'Report from Iron Mountain' (1967): presented as a leaked government study concluding peace would destabilize society, proposing substitutes for war (environmental threats, space programs). Author Leonard Lewin acknowledged the satire in 1972; the confession is documented. It nonetheless circulates as genuine (militia movements reprinted it; Lewin sued bootleggers). The node is the archive's control specimen beside the Protocols: a confessed fabrication whose content keeps being cited as policy — proof the ecosystem cannot metabolize retractions.