Against clarity

Sun, 17 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

They ask us to be clear. They ask us to be legible. They ask us to be transparent.

Clarity has become an injunction. Transparency, a police force. Opacity, a crime.

I. Transparency is a trap

When power says “transparency,” it means: show yourselves. When power says “legibility,” it means: make yourselves predictable. When power says “clarity,” it means: stop escaping us.

Manifesto on P.F. Bardo — Clandestine Archives

Against clarity

I. Transparency is a trap