Climate activism gets co-opted by same forces destroying planet
How environmental movements become instruments of the systems they claim to oppose
Co-housing movements require privilege while claiming community values
Co-housing presents itself as a return to authentic community values but actually requires substantial privilege to access, creating exclusive communities that exclude those most in need of supportive housing arrangements.
Cognitive behavioral therapy individualizes problems with social origins
CBT's focus on individual thought patterns obscures systemic causes of distress, turning social problems into personal failures.
Community land trusts get captured by gentrification forces
Community land trusts designed to resist gentrification become tools that legitimize and accelerate the displacement they were meant to prevent.
Community policing extends surveillance through neighborhood participation
Community policing transforms neighbors into surveillance nodes while presenting expanded state monitoring as grassroots empowerment.
Complete streets design serves gentrification through infrastructure improvement
Complete streets projects improve neighborhoods for future residents while displacing current ones, using progressive infrastructure goals to achieve regressive social outcomes.
Congestion pricing punishes poverty while claiming environmental benefits
Congestion pricing creates economic segregation of urban space while using environmental rhetoric to legitimize class-based mobility restrictions.
Consent education reduces sexual ethics to legal compliance
How contemporary consent education transforms complex moral territory into procedural checkbox exercises, eliminating ethical nuance in favor of liability protection.
Conservation efforts protect property values not ecosystems
Environmental protection has been captured by real estate interests, turning ecological preservation into a luxury amenity system that serves wealth accumulation rather than biodiversity.