Bike infrastructure serves gentrification while claiming environmental benefits
How cycling infrastructure functions as a value redistribution mechanism disguised as environmental progress
Land grant universities serve agribusiness interests over farmer needs
How academic institutions designed to serve farmers became corporate research arms that prioritize industrial agriculture over sustainable farming practices.
Zoning restrictions maintain class segregation through neutral planning language
How technical planning terminology disguises deliberate economic exclusion in urban development
Neighborhood watch enables surveillance
How community safety initiatives become distributed surveillance networks that reshape social values and behavior.
Transportation planning ignores patterns
How transportation planners systematically disregard human movement patterns in favor of abstract models that serve institutional rather than human values.
Criminal background checks create permanent punishment class
How background check systems transform temporary legal consequences into permanent social exile, creating a hereditary underclass that serves economic and political functions.
Hate crime legislation protects some identities while maintaining punishment system
Hate crime laws create hierarchies of victimhood while preserving the fundamental architecture of state punishment
Language preservation museums
How linguistic preservation institutions determine which cultures deserve to survive
Academic writing standards exclude working-class communication styles
How academic discourse systematically excludes working-class ways of knowing and expressing ideas