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Card #c362IR // #c362Synthesis

He is aware that his radio is the one thing that could be challenged, and he plays local music on it, the lyres, the lutes, the cymbals.

— In our words · Source: Twist (Colum McCann)

[Use when]

Use when soft power is a playlist.

[Why it matters]

Playing local sound is a legitimacy tactic — the radio is the one asset that could be challenged, so it performs belonging.

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