I don’t think I agree. If my calculus is “speaking out now wouldn’t make a difference and will hurt me/my cause. At some point in the future this might change, but it’s hard to know exactly what that would look like or what kind of action would be called for” I think that’s strategic silence. It may be a bad strategy and weak to future motivated reasoning/value drift, but I’d still call it strategic. Maybe I am being overly pedantic.
I don’t think I agree. If my calculus is “speaking out now wouldn’t make a difference and will hurt me/my cause. At some point in the future this might change, but it’s hard to know exactly what that would look like or what kind of action would be called for” I think that’s strategic silence. It may be a bad strategy and weak to future motivated reasoning/value drift, but I’d still call it strategic. Maybe I am being overly pedantic.