Democracy dies first as farce, then as tragedy. I know this because I grew up in a dictatorship.
I write these words with the awareness that they won’t change anything. But silence is its own form of complicity. If we cannot halt this retreat, we can at least name it for what it is.
This is […]
I write these words with the awareness that they won’t change anything. But silence is its own form of complicity. If we cannot halt this retreat, we can at least name it for what it is.
This is […]
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"The demand for gratitude—"Have you even said 'thank you' once?"— was power in its pettiest form, insisting not only on submission but on performative gratitude for crumbs.... Foucault would call this a disciplinary technique. The powerful require not merely compliance but […]