When modern institutions demand compliance with rules that violate basic human dignity, dissent no longer lands you in a prison cell. Instead, the modern system uses a cleaner, more passive weapon: economic erasure.
If I, as a freelance coach, call out an agency's arbitrary overreach or refuse uncompensated busywork, there is no constructive dialogue. You simply get blacklisted. The corporate machine relies on quiet intimidation:
"You have no lobby, you stand alone. We have the leverage to simply ignore you and cut off your livelihood."
