“Why? Because!”: The Confiscation of Inquiry in the Public Sphere

“Why? Because!”: The Confiscation of Inquiry in the Public Sphere

Every time we pose a fundamental question—one that touches our fate, our rights, and the very meaning of the citizenship we hope to build—we discover that our inquiry is met not with an answer, but with a void. Worse still, we learn that the mere act of asking may endanger our freedom and our lives. To the question “Why?” there is always a ready-made, unyielding reply: “Because that’s why.” No elaboration. No context. Not even the pretense of pe…