SWANK STATEMENT No. 082: The Collapse of Meaningful Connection Under Surveillance

SWANK STATEMENT No. 082: The Collapse of Meaningful Connection Under Surveillance

Over time, one adjusts.

Not to betrayal — but to its inevitability.

I have come to accept that meaningful relationships of any kind — personal, professional, or otherwise — are no longer possible while I remain under the scrutiny and distortion imposed by social workers.

It doesn’t matter how gently I speak, how openly I share, or how rigorously I behave.

The moment they appear, the fabric frays.

People who once listened stop listening.

People who once supported begin to second-guess.

And every new person I meet comes to me not with curiosity, but with a pre-loaded script.

This is not social care.

It is social contamination — a stain that spreads invisibly until it becomes relational collapse.

So no, I no longer pursue connection.

Not because I don’t want it — but because I’ve finally accepted that trust cannot survive inside a system designed to poison it.

Let the silence stand where support should have been.

Let the absence of loyalty say more than words ever did.

I will not explain again.