Two years later, the original clip still circulated as a case study, but what mattered more was what happened after the cameras stopped.
New challenges came when a private firm called Harbor Crest Equity attempted to acquire remaining assets, using media pressure and legal action to undermine the cooperative model, and they hired Alyssa to shape the narrative against me.
She came to my office offering settlement, warning that they would bury me publicly, and I refused because daylight is only dangerous to people who depend on shadows.
Congressional hearings followed, focusing on whether my withdrawal was ethical or manipulative, and I answered plainly that culture is risk and documented behavior justifies capital decisions.
Meanwhile Harbor Crest tried to divide the cooperatives by offering individual payouts, turning fear into leverage, but the workers understood that ownership was more than a single check.
At a warehouse meeting, they asked me directly if I would walk away like I had from Ironcrest, and I told them yes if they became what Ironcrest had been, but not because someone else wanted to take what they had built.