kant was on some shit, even if just as regulative ideal. the constructs don't need to hold up to scrutiny if the gesture of "mere means" has enough rhetorical inspiration
i kinda miss when i could use bsky as a hobby and had enough in my feeds to just perpetually interact. it had a lot of bad components but it was this socially distanced yet active posture that i enjoyed
sorry for playing the abstraction game and replacing an obviously particular example, i don't really feel like even talking semi-publicly about her right now