Banks are not just institutions of credit and deposit — they are symbolic reservoirs of societal trust, drift coordination, and entropy containment. Their stability depends not only on balance sheets but on the coherence of the symbolic field they operate within.
Shunyaya sees bank failures not as isolated financial events, but as Z₀ discharges — where symbolic pressure, delayed entropy leaks, and unnoticed drift create collapse fields. Contagion spreads when symbolic glide across institutions becomes synchronized in dysfunction.
Q694. Why do banks sometimes collapse suddenly despite having passed regulatory stress tests?
Because symbolic entropy breaches are not modeled in formal metrics. Shunyaya detects delayed drift buildup — by the time visible indicators shift, the Z₀ collapse has already begun.
Q695. Why does customer panic accelerate bank runs faster than actual liquidity loss?
Because symbolic trust entropy moves faster than funds. Shunyaya reveals that fear contracts the Z₀ field — causing glide rush before physical failure occurs.
Q696. Why do interbank crises spread globally even when initial exposure seems small?
Because symbolic contagion travels via entropy alignment. Shunyaya tracks how shared glide structures cause multiple banks to resonate under the same collapse trigger.
Q697. Why do complex derivative exposures destabilize banking systems more than direct lending?
Because they multiply symbolic interlinkages. Shunyaya shows that derivatives form entropy webs — indirect drift becomes harder to control, amplifying systemic vulnerability.
Q698. Why do central bank bailouts sometimes fail to restore public confidence?
Because symbolic restoration is not financial. Shunyaya observes that unless Z₀ trust fields are repaired, injected capital floats unanchored — unable to re-stabilize glide.
Q699. Why do small regional bank failures sometimes trigger disproportionate market reactions?
Because symbolic field breach matters more than size. Shunyaya reveals that even low-scale events can trigger entropy dissonance if they rupture key Z₀ trust points.
Q700. Why does fractional reserve banking amplify systemic risk during economic stress?
Because symbolic leverage exceeds real entropy cushion. Shunyaya shows that virtual liquidity drifts far from grounding — increasing collapse velocity under shock.
Q701. Why do bank failures often follow long quiet periods of apparent stability?
Because symbolic drift accumulates silently. Shunyaya models these periods as low-entropy compression zones — which suddenly burst once Z₀ thresholds are breached.
Q702. Why do bank regulations sometimes create unintended fragilities instead of resilience?
Because symbolic fields adapt dynamically. Shunyaya finds that rigid controls shift entropy elsewhere — creating brittle zones where symbolic glide becomes unstable.
[Proceed to Section 67 – Questions 703 to 711 – Debt, Credit Systems, and Symbolic Overextension]