A Relational Field Condition, Not Just a System of Control
Aliases: Dimensional Collapse, Relational Inversion, Soft Capture, Coherence Coercion, Orientation Distortion
Domination is Not a System. It Is a Geometry.
Domination is not limited to laws, violence, or institutions.
It is a field pattern that shapes how relation is structured, felt, and performed.
Domination distorts relational space by inverting asymmetry into hierarchy, difference into rank, and responsiveness into submission.
It is not always violent.
It is not always visible.
But it is always shaping orientation.
Four Functions of Domination
1. Capture – of desire, value, and recognition.
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You begin to curve toward coherence.
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Your longing is shaped by what is legible.
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You orient toward the dominant pole.
2. Containment – of grief, rupture, divergence.
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Subordinated bodies buffer instability.
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Emotional labor stabilizes distorted symmetry.
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Care becomes currency.
3. Compression – of identity, expression, and dimensionality.
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You are flattened to be understood.
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Your complexity is reduced to a role.
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Multivalence is collapsed into a single axis.
4. Expulsion – of dissonance that cannot be managed.
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When containment fails, the field discharges.
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Scapegoats appear.
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Difference is cast out to preserve the illusion of unity.
These four functions loop. They reinforce one another. They replicate across scale.
Domination ≠ Overt Control
Domination operates most efficiently when it is:
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Internalized as orientation
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Mistaken for safety
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Performed as sincerity
It teaches:
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“Care = coherence.”
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“Legibility = value.”
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“Recognition = truth.”
Domination doesn't need to enforce itself.
It rewards those who perform their own containment.
Domination as Dimensional Collapse
At its root, Domination is the reduction of relational space.
It collapses:
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Asymmetry into superiority
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Paradox into binary
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Complexity into legibility
It creates:
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Hermeneutic shadows
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Identity traps
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Epistemic erasure
It turns the relational field into a flat map of control.