Mechanism

Procedural Erosion

Narrates itself as modernization, streamlining, alignment with best practices.

“When did this stop being decided in public?”

You might be inside it if

Did a decision move from a public meeting to an internal review?
Is the change described as 'modernization' or 'streamlining'?
Can you identify who made the decision?
Would reversing it require more steps than implementing it did?

Hard to see because no single event is large enough to be the moment things changed.

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