The modern Cosmos ask supporters to treat a loose collection of disconnected entities, failed startups, dormant trademarks, and reboot attempts as one continuous sacred institution. It is football Ship of Theseus logic. Every few years the ownership changes, the league changes, the players change, the mission changes, and somehow we are all expected to nod along and pretend this is still the same club from 1977, when in reality it’s just a revenant wearing Pelé’s skin.