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February 27, 2026Open Access

The Coercion Stack: A Structural Theory of Modern Governance

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SRSignal Rupture

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Overview

This essay explores how layered factors constrain autonomy in governance, suggesting a totalizing structure.

Key Points

  • This work aims to synthesize various mechanisms of modern governance into a unified model called the Coercion Stack.
  • Synthesis of a twelve-essay canon into a unified theoretical framework
  • Mapping of seven interlocking layers of coercion
  • Exploration of the relationship between layers and their impacts on autonomy
  • Identified seven layers of the Coercion Stack impacting autonomy
  • Demonstrated interlock between layers and various forms of control
  • Reframed coercion as an environmental condition rather than an isolated event

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Signal Rupture (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69a1357fed1d949a99abf5f1https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18765562
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