good article on mutual aid more broadly worth reading in full but this paragraph
WILD
the liberal mindset is despicable but no exposé or shaming can change the basic fact of most “mutual aid” groups, which is that they are not in fact mutual aid groups at all, but ill-funded and admirably stubborn charities. charities, which structurally do not produce mutual interdependence, are going to have problems with volunteer retention and donation puritanism.
