“Writing nearly a decade ago, Gurri could already see the power of #socialmedia as a universal solvent, breaking down bonds and weakening #institutions everywhere it reached. He noted that distributed #networks ‘can protest and overthrow, but never govern’.”

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:5zca2ola2zxpkw37w4f3wxtu/post/3mgzhdx3fes2e

“But once you have seen #fraud up close, once you have felt the weight of your own fiduciary obligation, once you have had to choose between self-protection and #truth, something changes. You stop romanticizing #institutions. You understand that titles do not create character. You understand that the people most likely to speak about values are not always the people most likely to uphold them.”

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/cost-women-leadership-ranee-soundara-hvvic

When so-called elite with #power and influence describe ordinary, every day citizens as problems or numbers, they actively dehumanize.

That language normalizes violence, exclusion, and exploitation and can justify extreme actions.

Stories and #storytelling are bulwarks.

Stories restore dignity, hold leaders accountable, and build #institutions that share power and responsibility.

Without constructive narratives, toxic rhetoric erodes trust, fuels resentment, and accelerates polarization.

When #power is a mask for cruelty, silence becomes complicity.

A throne built on violence staggers; those who crown it are stained.

Accusation without #accountability is the theater of corruption.

Loyalty that shields predators is not allegiance, it is barter.

If laws bend to protect the guilty, justice has been replaced by #theater.

The crowd that cheers a tyrant shares his shadow.

When #institutions prefer reputation to truth, truth learns to hide.

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When you cannot govern, be a troll.

Undermine the throne with feints and tweets.

Be silent on virtue until power breaks.

#sensemaking #institutions #governance #power #shitposting #virtue

The #patriachy would not exist without a #matriarchy.

I don’t make the rules.

#history #institutions #sensemaking

J'envisage potentiellement de continuer en #doctorat en #SIC
Mon sujet de #memoire porte sur les classes sociales #populaire exclues des #bibliotheque , les tensions que ca crée avec les #institutions la démocratisation culturelle, ...
Est ce que vous auriez des conseils que je pourrais mettre en place avant les candidatures pour la #recherche ? J'ai des axes de SIC et de socio, mais aucun diplôme en socio.
Si ya des #chercheur .euses parmi vous, je suis preneur de conseil, repouet appréciés !

Hi! 👋 While I've been on Mastodon for a few months, I'm new to sciences.social, so this is an #Introduction.

I study #nonprofit organizations and charitable #giving and how they are affected by public policy. I am interested in understanding giving as a form of #altruism that can be affected by things like #tax treatment of charitable gifts, #inequality, and the behaviors of the receiving charities and other #institutions.

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Ever wondered what happens to the #SocialMedia accounts of #state #institutions after a #military #coup or illegitimate government takeover?

My colleague Min Nwai Oo and I looked at the situation in Myanmar following the 1 Feb 2021 military takeover - and it's been fascinating.

👉​https://myanmarinternet.info/2022/11/16/the-battle-for-control-of-digital-state-assets/

ALT