• some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
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    My brother said the same thing. “He can go get a job at McDonalds.”

    Ok, do you think McDs wants to hire someone who hasn’t bathed recently? How will he eat after work if he hasn’t been panhandling during the day? What happens between now and his first paycheck? What if he doesn’t have a bank account when that arrives?

    It’s as if getting a job doesn’t immediately cure your problems. My brother sorta seemed to be persuaded in that he didn’t push the idea any further.

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      There are super shady jobs that pay in cash daily. Hang around a Home Depot parking lot before opening and get a gig with a contractor looking for manual labor.

      Oh, it’s going to fucking suck, and you’ll feel like you’re going to die on day 1. But work is there for the willing.

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        So the homeless should be exploited for illegally low wages (a form of slavery) just like we treat certain immigrants?

        If your advice to people to help them get out of homelessness is to allow themselves to enter a slave market, you are part of the problem.

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          I’m saying, if you’re legit willing to work, the work is there and if you’re homeless, no work should be “beneath you”.

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            If somebody is “legit” willing to work, why are you suggesting slavery is their best option?

            That’s fucked up and you have a lot of predatory and exploitative beliefs you should unlearn.

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              Thank you! Oh my God, sometimes words* escape me, I’m glad you found them.

              *Edited autocorrect, always auto-incorrect

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              You’re setting the parameters. Homeless, no shower, dirty clothes, no background check, instant payments…

              If that’s your baseline then there’s your baseline job.

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                If you think wage slavery is the solution to homelessness, I strongly urge you to look into sociopathy and maybe go get screened.

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                  Hey, if they don’t want to actually work, then admit that.

                  I talked to a homeless dude with a “Will work for food” sign.

                  “Hey, I know a guy who needs a hand, what do you need?”

                  “I can’t work inside.”

                  “Your lucky day, it’s pushing a wheelbarrow outside.”

                  “Just give me money, man.”

                  Interact with enough homeless people and you see the same grift over and over. They aren’t interested in actually working.

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                    My father used to make the same claim as well. My father was a liar though. He never once offered a job to a homeless person.

                    I don’t think you have either, but regardless of that, offering to rent day labor at below market wages does nothing to solve homelessness.

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        What contractor wants to smell a homeless guy? How are they going to work? How does the contractor know he’s not a psychopath murderer? Do you even listen to yourself?