This piece argues that constitutional protections exist to safeguard the conditions people need to discover and become their true selves, but culture-war politics and certain systems—including monetary policy—have become machines that capture identity and interrupt human flourishing. nostr:naddr1qqgrxdmzxscxyvp4893ngdnrvscr2q3qtjne65gjy0aljqymnalh3cy6zwjjp2gxjcjffxfj5kf55cnwgc3sxpqqqp65wxvs9dj