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What true thing is nobody around you allowed to say?
Silence can protect vulnerable people, established power, or a story everyone needs to keep believing.
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A little context
At a family dinner everyone knows why your uncle doesn't drive any more, and nobody says it. At work everyone knows the new system is failing, and the meeting ends with applause. Most of us can name a truth like that, and the reasons for keeping quiet are not always cowardly.
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