Centralization is often framed as efficiency or protection. In practice, it is architectural. As Western systems converge and memory expands, privacy erodes not by decree, but by design—leaving discretion increasingly scarce.
The American Dream Didn’t Die. It Migrated.
For decades, the American Dream functioned less as a promise than as a system—one that plausibly converted effort into ownership and participation into upward mobility. Today, that system is under strain. As opportunity detaches from geography, capital and talent migrate toward environments where rules remain legible and progress still feels attainable.