the p-terminal precedent: Fortier and the cage — the weaponization frame

Steeply's closing appeal frames the A.F.R.'s program in the theme's terms: the samizdat is a caged pleasure-weapon, and "M. Fortier" is "proposing to let [it] out of the cage" against the U.S. The politics Steeply is fishing for is whether Marathe can be turned by the argument that the Entertainment endangers everyone, not just Americans — that unleashing it is not a blow for Québec but a release of the same demon both nations once cooperated to bury. The A.F.R.'s war aim (147's euthanized America) is here previewed as reckless cage-opening.