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What does it mean?
A call to vigilance where everyone watches everyone else.
In plain terms
We watch you, and you should watch others too.
What can you take from it?
Community oversight works both ways.

Where it applies

  • public safety
  • community monitoring
  • civic engagement

Putting it to work

  • encourage neighborhood watch
  • promote civic responsibility

Questions to consider

  • Who should watch whom in society?

Another view

Can imply surveillance culture.

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