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= Protection and Long-Term Governance Strength =
''Category: Tsm’syen Law''  
''Page status: Working''

== Purpose ==
This page records the principle that protection ensures the long-term strength of governance within Tsm’syen law. It affirms protection as a necessary condition for continuity, legitimacy, and lawful authority over time.

This page is declarative and does not assign authority, offices, or leadership roles.

== Principle ==
Protection ensures long-term strength of governance.

== Meaning ==
* Governance weakens when people are harmed or prematurely burdened.
* Protection preserves capacity, trust, and judgment.
* Strength is measured over generations, not moments.

== Protection ==
* Protection includes care, guidance, and appropriate limits.
* Protection guards against burnout, misuse of authority, and loss of confidence.
* Protection supports healthy preparation for responsibility.

== Governance Strength ==
* Strong governance depends on prepared and supported participants.
* Lawful authority emerges from stability and continuity.
* Governance endures when people are not sacrificed to urgency.

== Continuity ==
* Protection maintains the future line.
* Long-term strength requires sustained teaching and preparation.
* Neglect of protection leads to erosion of law and trust.

== Responsibility ==
* Elders, Sim’oogit, and house members share responsibility for protection.
* Protection is an active duty, not passive restraint.
* Decisions affecting youth and learners must consider long-term impact.

== Limits ==
* Protection does not excuse avoidance of responsibility.
* Strength is not achieved through pressure or coercion.
* Protection must remain balanced with preparation and exposure.

== Cross References ==
* [[Protection From Premature Burden]]
* [[Readiness and Exposure to Responsibility]]
* [[Youth and the Future Line]]
* [[The Future Line]]
* [[Continuity and Transmission]]
* [[Deliberate Teaching of Ayaawx and Adaawx]]
* [[Forms of Teaching]]
* [[Elders as Legal Memory]]
* [[Ayaawx]]
* [[Adaawx]]

== To Be Developed ==
* Indicators of long-term governance strength
* Examples of protection sustaining leadership
* House and clan protection practices
* Source citations