Established reality structurally resists the logic of contradiction.

Evidence

If dialectical logic understands contradiction as “necessity” belonging to the very “nature of thought” (zur Natur der Denkbestimmungen), it does so because contradiction belongs to the very nature of the object of thought, to reality, where Reason is still Unreason, and the irrational still the rational. Conversely, all established reality militates against the logic of contradictions—it favors the modes of thought which sustain the established forms of life and the modes of behavior which reproduce and improve them. — Herbert Marcuse, One-Dimensional Man, 536

Categorization

• DEEPTHINKING: The mechanism claim — that established reality actively favors non-contradictory thought because such thought sustains it — is the causal engine of the whole one-dimensionality argument and densest in this chapter.
• XREF: connects to: Theorizing truth must account for conflicts that resist closure. — Philip Chase Bobbitt, Reflections Inspired by My Critics, 571; Life can only enter reality through forms that inherently contradict it — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 866; Consciousness is contradictory and common sense is not unified (+4 more)

Broader Connections

• Theorizing truth must account for conflicts that resist closure. #expands (0.75) — Philip Chase Bobbitt, Reflections Inspired by My Critics, 571
• Life can only enter reality through forms that inherently contradict it #expands (0.72) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 866
• Consciousness is contradictory and common sense is not unified #expands (0.72)