Domestic violence, geopolitical hyper-violence (including war and state repression), and the rise of fascism—including the proliferation of rape trafficking and sexualized domination—are not distinct phenomena but manifestations of a single underlying social mechanism: the institutionalization and normalization of coercive domination through interconnected social, cultural, economic, and symbolic practices that enable, reproduce, and escalate violence and domination at every scale. Core components of the mechanism 2. Institutional reinforcement 3. Violence as relational technology 4. Feedback loops and contagion across scales 5. Economic and political incentives 6.…

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