Transportation planning ignores care work travel patterns
How transportation systems are designed around a fictional commuter who doesn't exist, systematically excluding the complex mobility needs of care workers.
Veteran worship obscures criticism of military policy
How ritualistic reverence for veterans functions as a defensive mechanism against legitimate criticism of military institutions and foreign policy decisions.
Authenticity becomes commodity
How the market systematically destroys authentic expression by packaging and selling it back to us.
Applied ethics reduces complex moral questions to technical problems
How the professionalization of ethics transforms fundamental value questions into manageable procedural issues, serving institutional interests while avoiding genuine moral confrontation.
Minority leadership creates buffers
How systems use minority leaders as protective shields against systemic critique while maintaining core power structures intact.