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Dominant retrieval systems therefore possess structural power over which knowledge enters journalism, scholarship, public reference, model training, and generated answers.\n\nThe central diagnostic is not a claim about one hidden decision. It is the absence of an independent body with standing to obtain reasons, challenge a decision, audit systemic patterns, and require repair. The paper outlines due-process requirements and treats distributed identifiers and archives as partial defenses rather than substitutes for public accountability.\n\nThe article completes a trilogy with *ChatGPT Psychosis: A Love Story* and *Reception Apparatus as Aligned Interface Protocol*. 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