Some political entrenchment is deliberately designed, not merely incidental

Evidence

Political actors may not always intend or anticipate these self-entrenching political feedback effects. But it would be remarkable if political actors were not attuned to the self-serving possibilities, and in at least some cases there is clear evidence that entrenchment was not just an unintended byproduct but part of the self-conscious design of particular programs and policies. — Daryl Levinson and Benjamin I. Sachs, Political Entrenchment and Public Law, 202

Categorization

• QUESTION: Central to the reader’s project: what distinguishes designed self-entrenchment from emergent lock-in, and does deliberate design make rationalizing ideologies stickier?
• XREF: connects to: A dead political project can still dominate by default and inertia — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk: The Collected and Unpublished…, 2072; Institutional incentives amplify partisan caricatures — Rachel Hartman et al., Interventions to Reduce Partisan…, 23; Electoral and legislative entrenchment form one larger insulating phenomenon — Daryl Levinson and Benjamin I. Sachs, Political Entrenchment and Public Law, 41 (+8 more)

Broader Connections

• Some policies are self-consciously designed to entrench themselves and their creators. #expands (0.95)
• Deliberately induced political chaos consolidates rather than weakens the orchestrator’s power #exemplifies (0.78) — Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou, Speculative Communities, 442
• Deliberate anachronism of form can function as a political weapon #exemplifies (0.72) — Mark Fisher, Ghosts of My Life, 474