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Constructive Exclusion
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Constructive Exclusion
Scope note: Barriers Built from Bureaucratic Niceties
When the system avoids saying “no” but designs impossible pathways that function as a no. This includes excessive forms, vague eligibility criteria, or open-ended application processes that technically exist—but aren’t meant to succeed.
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Published in SSA Ontology v0.1.0. Content licensed CC BY 4.0.
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This concept was extracted from the original SSA Lexicon and republished as a stable ontology resource. Original source page(s): https://www.mcloughlin.world/ssa-lexicon/glossary-of-systemic-bypass/