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Society
How do we live together?Essays on the customs, institutions and inherited stories through which a culture decides what is normal, valuable or disposable.
Filed principally under Society
One essay in this room
Paternalism: Institutions of Care
How the safety net became riddled with holes—and the scaffolding of access forgot to include any ladders
Support may exist on paper while remaining unreachable in practice. When care demands compliance, fluency and persistence from people already overwhelmed by illness, trauma, disability or poverty, the institution begins to resemble the parent who offers protection only on its own terms.
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