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    It is not the case that Communication premised on the less educated adopting elite standards reproduces hierarchy rather than transcending it.

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    • 1.Shared communication standards enable mutual understanding across groups; denying them isolates communities and prevents coalition-building.
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    • 2.Literacy and rhetorical skill are neutral tools; mastering them increases agency and opportunity regardless of whose standards they represent.
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    • 3.Distinction between 'adopting standards' and 'learning skills' matters—acquiring competence isn't the same as surrendering identity.
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    • 1.Standard-setting power itself is a form of social hierarchy; requiring adoption rather than negotiation preserves that asymmetry.
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    • 2.When less educated groups must change to be 'heard,' their perspectives and knowledge systems are implicitly devalued as inferior.
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    • 3.True transcendence of hierarchy requires mutual adaptation, not unidirectional conformity to pre-existing elite norms.
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