Smart growth concentrates wealth
Urban planning's 'smart growth' paradigm systematically concentrates wealth while claiming environmental virtue.
Support groups extract wisdom
How therapeutic communities function as wisdom extraction mechanisms that convert personal suffering into collective intellectual property
Sustainable agriculture requires access
The sustainability narrative obscures the fundamental access problem in agricultural systems.
Therapy manages dissent
The therapeutic industrial complex transforms legitimate social anger into individual pathology, neutralizing systemic critique through personal healing narratives.
Urban planning serves property
Urban planning pretends to serve the public while systematically optimizing for property values and capital accumulation.
Wisdom rhetoric romanticizes knowledge
The wisdom discourse obscures how knowledge actually functions as a control mechanism by wrapping it in spiritual and moral language.
Academic writing excludes
How academic discourse systematically eliminates voices through linguistic gatekeeping
Accessibility compliance minimizes
How accessibility standards reduce disability inclusion to checkboxes while avoiding real accommodation
Accountability protects institutions
How accountability mechanisms shield institutions from real consequences while creating the illusion of justice