State capture steals the machinery of a nation. Citizen capture reshapes the operator.
We speak often of state capture: the plunder of institutions, the hijacking of resources meant to serve the common good. It is real, and must be resisted. But there is a deeper, quieter conquest that precedes and outlasts it—citizen capture.
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