Data collection enables surveillance
How seemingly innocent data gathering creates comprehensive surveillance infrastructure
Deadlines create artificial urgency
How manufactured time pressure replaces genuine priority assessment and value judgment
Democratic participation legitimizes elite
How the ritual of voting transforms elite rule into popular consent
Deportation industry profits
How suffering becomes a revenue stream in immigration enforcement systems
Development assistance maintains inequality
How foreign aid preserves global power structures while creating the illusion of progress
Digital preservation centralizes control
How the promise of eternal digital storage becomes a mechanism for concentrated power over human knowledge and memory