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True status now is anti-performative.
It doesn’t announce itself.
It doesn’t scale socially.
It doesn’t recruit attention.

It just… persists.

And persistence without pressure is one of the rarest conditions.

Most people don’t miss the signal because it’s subtle.
They miss it because acknowledging it would force them to confront how little optionality they actually have.

That’s why the perspective isn’t widespread.
And that’s also why — once you see it — you can’t unsee it.