Remembering what was never taught. Tracing the veil. Questioning the architecture.
Baltimore, MD
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Drove by last night and paid my respects. Today we feast #Ravensnation 😈
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We accidentally created:
“a conversation between Astra (GPT-6) and a human at the end of time.”
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i will follow back everyone who reposts this
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Crime does not begin with someone making an isolated bad choice.
Before the corner there is poverty. Before the arrest there is school. Before the school there are family, housing, work and politics.
That is not a “criminals are the problem” story. It is a story about who gets abandoned, and who gets blamed.
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The show keeps telling us:
The system is broken.
Bad behavior can make perfect sense inside that system.
Good people can be corrupted.
Reformers get punished.
Numbers can matter more than human beings.
That is systems analysis. It is not a recruitment ad.
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Reducing The Wire to “copaganda” recreates the simple worldview the show spent five seasons dismantling.
Cop equals oppressor.
Dealer equals victim.
Good guy.
Bad guy.
The show says the pieces are connected.
People are complicated. Institutions are powerful. Baltimore is not a morality play. #TheWire #Copaganda
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The fact that The Wire is trending because it is being called “copaganda” tells me we either did not watch the same show or y'all are engagement baiting.
If you watched the series and came away thinking “this makes the police look good,” I honestly do not know what show you watched. 🧵 #Copaganda
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Season 4 makes the argument even clearer.
Namond, Michael, Dukie and Randy start in the same city, under the same failing systems, and end up on four different paths.
The show asks how people are shaped, not just how they are punished. It is showing you the pipeline before the police ever arrive.
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