If K is number of codes you need to switch between to function in life, 1/K is a good measure of your freedom.
If you lower your code switching by increasing the amount of code switching others have to do around you, that’s zero/negative-summing freedom via conflict/oppression
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0 = absolute power emperor who need say nothing, just tilt head to get exactly what he wants. No code, infinite power.
If every situation with every other person demands a new language of dissimulation from you, you’re absolutely powerless. As K —> infinity, 1/K —> 0
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If you win a conflict violently, and before both of you were watching words but not code-switching, and after, you impose fear-based Loser Yesmanship (K=K+1 codes), and go Big Man, Uncut yourself (K=K-1) you gained zero-sum power, lost self-awareness.
For those who don’t know the term code-switching, I’m using it more loosely than the strict technical sense for any social-context-sensitive systematic modulation of language en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code-swit
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