Scientific method gets weaponized for political purposes
How the procedural authority of science becomes a tool for manufacturing consensus and suppressing dissent
Self-care ideology individualizes structural problems
How the self-care movement transforms systemic failures into personal responsibilities, creating a profitable distraction from collective action.
Self-improvement culture destroys authentic relationship formation
The optimization mindset transforms human connection into a performance metric, eliminating the vulnerability required for genuine intimacy.
Smart cities transform urban life into data extraction operations
How urban digitization converts citizen behavior into corporate profit streams while masquerading as public improvement
Sports media creates tribal loyalties that distract from real conflicts
How sports entertainment functions as a sophisticated system for channeling human tribal instincts away from actual power structures
Standardized testing measures test-taking ability only
The circular logic of educational assessment: we measure what we can measure, then pretend it measures what matters.
Student debt creates lifetime indentured servitude
How educational financing transforms knowledge seekers into permanent debtors, creating a caste system disguised as opportunity
Sustainability rhetoric enables continued unsustainable practices
How sustainability language has become the perfect cover for business-as-usual destruction
Tech innovation cycles create planned obsolescence for entire societies
How technological progress deliberately renders social structures, skills, and entire ways of life systematically worthless