Resistance culture gets commercialized before it threatens power
How authentic resistance movements are systematically neutralized through market capture and aesthetic commodification
Restorative justice co-opts community healing for state legitimacy
Restorative justice programs transform indigenous healing practices into state-controlled processes that legitimize rather than challenge punitive systems.
Retirement communities segregate older adults from intergenerational contact
How the retirement industry creates profitable age apartheid while destroying intergenerational value transfer
Ride-sharing services increase traffic while promising reduced congestion
How ride-sharing platforms profit from the very problem they claim to solve
Sanctuary city policies provide symbolic protection without structural change
Sanctuary city policies offer moral positioning and limited procedural protections while leaving fundamental immigration control structures intact.
School scheduling prepares children for industrial work rhythms
How educational time structures condition children for factory-model employment long before they understand what work means
Scientific publishing monopolies extract value from publicly funded research
How academic publishers capture and monetize research funded by taxpayers, creating artificial scarcity around knowledge that should belong to the public
Secular humanism reproduces Christian cultural dominance through rational rhetoric
How secular humanism perpetuates Christian moral frameworks while claiming neutrality through rationalist language.
Security theater provides feeling of safety without actual protection
How performative security measures create the illusion of protection while serving entirely different institutional purposes