Tag: Public Trust

Red Lines in Blue Ink: The Systemic Cost of Ruling by Rhetoric

A woman sitting on a sofa in soft evening light, looking at her phone with a quiet, pained expression as she processes something disappointing.

When a government starts borrowing the language of its opponents, it doesn’t just change how it speaks — it changes what it sees. This piece examines how political rhetoric can quietly rewrite purpose, distort priorities, and weaken trust, revealing the hidden cost when systems start ruling by story instead of by substance.

The Productivity Illusion of Modern Politics

A South Asian man sits at his desk in a dimly lit office, gazing tiredly at his laptop screen, illuminated by its cool blue glow.

We’ve built a politics of motion without movement — a system where communication has replaced governance, and performance has replaced progress. It’s time to make politics boring again.