Unchosen spatial constraint produces society unconsciously without consent

Evidence

It would be possible for this encounter not to last if the constancy of external constraints did not maintain it in a constant state in the face of the temptation of dispersion, did not literally impose its law of proximity without asking men for their opinion; their society thus emerges behind their backs, so to speak, and their history emerges as the dorsal, unconscious constitution of this society. — Jenny Odell, How to Do Nothing, 452

Categorization

• XREF: Althusser’s point that society forms ‘behind our backs’ through imposed proximity is precisely the collectivity Odell keeps reaching toward — and a possible weakness to probe in the privilege critique: is Odell’s society the same involuntary kind, or chosen? — connects to: Refusing hospitality is a visible assertion of adversarial distance. — , Harr Jonathan - A Civil Action , 1601