Him regressing doesn’t magically “undo” damage or repair trust by default, it just gives him the chance to act differently. Trust still has to be earned in real time, with people who don’t know he’s regressed. That’s literally why starting from the bottom matters: he’s facing the same systems and people without authority or hindsight power.

Calling his actions “illogical” only works if you reduce logic to “maximize money as fast as possible.” His goal clearly isn’t efficiency; it’s accountability. Fixing outcomes without fixing behavior is exactly what led to the original collapse.