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On Moderation, Minoritization, and the Elite

June 9, 2025X.T.MCulture, India, Pakistan, Politics, Race, X.T.MBahá’í, British institutions, Brown Pundits, Brown Pundits Meta, class hierarchy, digital discourse, elite theory, global elite, Hindustani Music, Identity & Belonging, Indo-Pak, Kabir, meaning-making, minoritization, moderation, Moderation & Civility, nuance vs noise, online communities, Persian aesthetics, Power & Elites, South Asia, South Asian identity21 Comments

Pulse: The Threads We Weave —

Lately I’ve wondered whether I over-curated the threads. Things feel quieter. Maybe too quiet. But perhaps that’s the cost of raising the bar—of asking for dialogue instead of dopamine. Still, this lull has me reflecting not just on moderation but on why some arguments no longer move me.

Take the Indo-Pak conflict: once electric, now strangely inert. That shift reflects my own evolution over two decades. I no longer inhabit that binary. I carry a layered identity—a South Asian Bahá’í sensibility shaped by Persian aesthetics, grounded in British institutions, and fluently navigated through English. That complexity is my compass. It’s why I care less about flags and more about forces.

And the real force that shapes our lives? The elite. Not as a pejorative, but as a structural reality. I see it as nested tiers: Continue reading On Moderation, Minoritization, and the Elite