Property concentrates access
How ownership systems systematically restrict human access to resources, space, and opportunity
Public accountability protects institutions
How transparency mechanisms preserve institutional legitimacy by preventing corruption from destroying public trust
Public goods become profit
How collective resources get systematically captured and monetized by private interests
Public participation legitimizes decisions
How democratic participation becomes a tool for manufacturing consent rather than genuine representation
Public transit forces dependency
How transit systems create institutional control over human movement while masquerading as public service
Quality indicators create incentives
How measurement systems reshape behavior and distort the values they claim to protect
Reconciliation prioritizes stability
How reconciliation processes serve power structures by containing justice within acceptable parameters
Recovery industry profits
The recovery industry has monetized human suffering into a subscription model where perpetual brokenness becomes more profitable than actual healing.
Recycling enables overproduction
The recycling industrial complex serves as moral permission for unlimited production, creating a feedback loop that amplifies the very problem it claims to solve.