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Engagement culture and hierarchy are siblings.
They both train people to:
look upward
seek validation
measure worth externally
wait for permission
perform for approval
Hierarchy says:
Your value is determined by rank.
Engagement systems say:
Your value is determined by response.
Same architecture. Different costume.
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Engagement is digital hierarchy
Likes, followers, reach, views, ratios — these become status markers.
Not truth markers.
Not value markers.
Not wisdom markers.
Status markers.
Which recreates:
class structures
influence ladders
elite visibility
social stratification
Only now it’s algorithmic instead of institutional.
So people begin to think:
If I’m not being seen, I must not matter.
That’s hierarchy logic embedded into psychology.
