A specific proposition within the broader theory: that efficiency privilege is self-sustaining—the privileged definition of efficiency produces the standards by which all efficiencies are judged, ensuring its continued dominance. The theorem argues that this is not a conspiracy but a structure: those who control institutions (corporations, governments, media) also control what counts as efficient. Alternative efficiencies must either conform to these standards (and thereby lose their distinctiveness) or be dismissed as impractical, unrealistic, inefficient. The Theorem of Efficiency Privilege explains why genuine alternatives struggle for recognition, why dominant measures seem so natural, why change is so slow.
Example: "Her community's cooperative was efficient by their measure—sustainable, equitable, resilient. But by corporate standards, it was 'inefficient'—too slow, too small, too democratic. The Theorem of Efficiency Privilege explained why corporate standards always won: they set the terms. Her cooperative couldn't win by those terms; it had to challenge them. She stopped trying to prove efficiency and started questioning what efficiency meant."
by Abzugal February 21, 2026
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