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Legitimacy-Grievance-Institutional Trajectory

Grievance Without Decay

Definition

The failure mode when grievance-based authority persists indefinitely without temporal governance—retaining binding institutional force while insulated from empirical reassessment, revalidation, or sunset.

Example

DEI mandates that remain structurally unchanged despite evolving conditions, because grievance authority is protected from erosion but never required to demonstrate continued alignment.

Source

LGIT Section 4

Related Terms from Legitimacy-Grievance-Institutional Trajectory

Legitimacy Cycles

Legitimacy Decayδ

Legitimacy Renewalρ

Extractive Transition

Legacy Grievance

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