0. Plain Statement

Control can replace meaning until meaning can no longer repair the system.

Plain-language version:

Control can replace meaning until meaning can no longer repair the system.

1. Formal Definition

Control Density to Meaning Loss Loop is currently defined by the source registry excerpt below. This scaffold awaits editorial expansion into the full law spec sheet format.

2. Canonical Form

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3. Core Mechanism

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14. Machine-Readable Summary

id: "LAW-028"
name: "Control Density to Meaning Loss Loop"
type: "law"
status: "draft"
family:
  - "Meaning"
  - "Compression"
summary: "Control can replace meaning until meaning can no longer repair the system."
canonical_statement: "Control can replace meaning until meaning can no longer repair the system"
canonical_form: "TBD"
source: "content/archive/laws/technical.md"

15. Compact Card Version

LAW-028 — Control Density to Meaning Loss Loop

Control can replace meaning until meaning can no longer repair the system.

Plain meaning: Control can replace meaning until meaning can no longer repair the system.

Canonical form:

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16. Source Status

This scaffold was generated from the current laws technical registry. Sections marked TBD should be expanded only from source material, related canon pages, or later editorial review.

17. Source Excerpt

Control can replace meaning until meaning can no longer repair the system.

Canonical loop:

control optimization
→ density↑
→ compression↑
→ integration↓
→ meaning↓
→ reliance on control↑
→ density↑

This law explains purity spirals, authoritarian spirituality, policy hardening, doctrine freeze, organizational brittleness, and meaning collapse under compliance.