#nicenasty the hidden power of soft obstruction

In movements, communities, and alternative projects, we need language to describe the different forces shaping what happens. Without shared vocabulary, patterns remain invisible. People experience the same problems repeatedly, but each incident looks like an individual conflict rather than part of a wider social mess makeing. Within #OMN path of thinking, we already have some useful terms. #nastyfew – power from above. The #nastyfew are the obvious actors who concentrated power of tech, business, political, and institutional elitists. The people who shape systems through money, ownership, influence, and formal authority. They are easier to identify because their power is visible. The #nastyfew don’t usually pretend not to have power. Their influence comes from controlling resources, platforms, laws, infrastructure, and narratives. This is the traditional problem of hierarchy. #fluffy – conflict avoidance, the comfortable side of activism and community organising. The people who want…