Machine translation reduces nuance
How algorithmic translation flattens cultural meaning and commodifies linguistic diversity
Means testing stigmatizes assistance
How bureaucratic gatekeeping transforms social support into moral judgment and administrative punishment
Mediation privatizes justice
How alternative dispute resolution transforms public rights into private negotiations, undermining legal protections for profit
Medical model pathologizes
How medical frameworks transform social problems into individual pathologies for institutional profit
Memory studies ignores material
Academic memory studies focuses on narrative and representation while systematically avoiding the economic structures that determine whose memories matter
Mindfulness depoliticizes meditation
How corporate mindfulness strips meditation of its transformative power and political consciousness