AIM Framework glossary
Cascading Consequences
Canonical definition
Cascading Consequences is a general rule that follows from AIM’s premise, that structured restrictions on aggressors and enablers that target violence-enabling goods and mimetic channels, while explicitly preserving Appetitive essentials and as much safe space to pursue Intrinsic Motivations as possible.
Explanation
Instead of punishing by taking away food, sleep, or all meaningful activity, consequences limit the specific tools, access, and High-Theatre arenas that made the Harm possible. The aim is to lower future risk by shrinking dangerous A- and M-levers, not to maximise suffering as an end in itself.
Epistemic status
Framework-Specific Construct.
Derivation
Chapter 16, Section 16.16; Chapter 16, Section 16.14; Chapter 17, Section 17.19.