(Ava’s thoughts and annotations in italics) The National Unity Government (NUG), operating in exile following the February 2021 coup in Myanmar, launched a dissident lottery on 15 August. The objective was precise: replace the junta’s state lottery as a fiscal mechanism and fund the Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM)—a nationwide strike of public-sector workers refusing to serve the military administration. Of course. You always look for counter-systems that operate inside the familiar but red...