Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-29684190-20191109160654/@comment-34724302-20191110213958

Ironwood imo is clearly really underestimating how unstable and dangerous the tensions inside atlesian society are with the inegalities between Atlas and Mantle and the resulting increasing ressentment that Mantle inhabitants have for Atlas or the corruption and self-centerism inside atlesian upper-class is especially with Jacques and his associates and that his actions could cause the spark that would make the powder keg blow up.

Plus he's understimating how much chaos him declaring Salem's existence to the world could cause if he's believed (that alone would require solid proofs from his part), something I doubt his forces could really handle despite his reassurances and he's not thinking about the possibility that people may not believe him and that he could end in the same situation than Dumbledore in Order of the Phoenix with Atlas council and the other kingdoms ignoring and turning on him.