The Righteousness Trap: How Ideologies Create a “Permission Structure” for Coercion
Conviction can liberate—or it can license domination. Examining how moral certainty can become coercion, and how Cotometism offers a safeguard.
Movements that begin with noble ideals can drift into violence, not because their goals are wrong, but because of ideologies that grant moral authority to dominate. This essay explores that coercive ‘permission structure’—and shows how the principles of Cotometism can prevent conviction from turning into control.