the Separatism primer: the Convexity gerrymander turned the terror south — "It was, finally, only the proud…"

The primer's causal spine, and the theme's central political fact: it was "the establishment of O.N.A.N. and the gerrymandering of the Great Convexity" — the word "gerrymandering" naming the gift as a rigged border — "that turned the malevolent attention" of the Québec cells "south of the border." The Reconfiguration is the "continental Anschluss," and the crucial detail is selective grievance: Ontario and New Brunswick absorb it "like good sports" (Alberta's far-right displeasure stays fringe), and only Québec "completely lost their political shit." The insurgency is not general anti-O.N.A.N. feeling but a specifically Québécois wound, which is what makes it a national question rather than a regional one.