{"id":151697,"date":"2026-05-05T11:00:03","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T09:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=151697"},"modified":"2026-05-05T11:00:04","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T09:00:04","slug":"soft-reform-radical-reform-beyond-reform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=151697","title":{"rendered":"Soft Reform. Radical Reform. Beyond Reform."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"912\" height=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecuriousbrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/screen-shot-2018-02-08-at-01-37-41.png?resize=912%2C680&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-151698\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecuriousbrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/screen-shot-2018-02-08-at-01-37-41.png?w=912&amp;ssl=1 912w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecuriousbrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/screen-shot-2018-02-08-at-01-37-41.png?resize=768%2C573&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 912px) 100vw, 912px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swiss-miss.com\/2026\/04\/soft-reform-radical-reform-beyond-reform.html\">  via<\/a> large <a href=\"https:\/\/decolonialfutures.net\/mapping-decolonization\/\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>via large here<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-151697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-other-stuff"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":148190,"url":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=148190","url_meta":{"origin":151697,"position":0},"title":"Europe, Look at Nepal Before It\u2019s Too Late","author":"thebrainbehind","date":"10\/09\/2025","format":false,"excerpt":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/WsdCae9RqP0?si=KV-QSfH9yDKvNsey In Nepal this week, democracy collapsed in a haze of fire and humiliation. 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