Phase 4 is the Output, the trap springing shut. The person becomes a Golem, a weaponized asset. The person doesn't need convincing anymore, he is set about convincing himself. Once he makes a SM post or confronts a neighbor unpleasantly, the Sunk Cost Fallacy becomes real. The moral inversion completes, ‘This action was necessary. They deserved it. I’m brave for doing it. You're not defending the action. You're defending yourself through the action.'