Mx. Aria Stewart on Nostr: I actually hate the "purpose of the system is what it does" framing, because I think ...

I actually hate the "purpose of the system is what it does" framing, because I think it obscures power a bunch, but there's no denying that the implication that the system is doing what its equilibrium of goals makes it do is real. There's a realpolitik to it that I deeply appreciate.