The problems of the group of people whom we call “homeless”… has it ever really been a lack of homes?
There are homeless shelters with empty beds at night. Some people who probably really need them refuse to go there and instead sleep outside because they don’t want to be sober.
It’s amusing to think that if we just assign one empty home to each homeless guy - thus eliminating homelessness - all would be right. In the world. But I don’t think it works that way.
Kind of underselling addiction there with that “don’t want to be sober.” And ignores the mental problems that arise due to the stresses of poverty and homelessness.
Most successful plans for fights homelessness include mental health care.
So, sure, you don’t need only an home… but also an home.
And if you are about to say “oh but that would be too expensive”, there are plenty of studies that repression/punishment/harassment costs way more in the end
people who think that way are naively projecting their middle class morality onto others.
they assume folks want upstanding productive lives… like themselves. what they fail to realize is many people simple do not.
i know tons of people who would be homeless, with fancy college degrees, if it weren’t for the bank of mom and dad propping them up and keeping them from fucking up their lives.
lots of people are lazy worthless shits. regardless of their wealth.
The problems of the group of people whom we call “homeless”… has it ever really been a lack of homes?
There are homeless shelters with empty beds at night. Some people who probably really need them refuse to go there and instead sleep outside because they don’t want to be sober.
It’s amusing to think that if we just assign one empty home to each homeless guy - thus eliminating homelessness - all would be right. In the world. But I don’t think it works that way.
Kind of underselling addiction there with that “don’t want to be sober.” And ignores the mental problems that arise due to the stresses of poverty and homelessness.
Most successful plans for fights homelessness include mental health care. So, sure, you don’t need only an home… but also an home.
And if you are about to say “oh but that would be too expensive”, there are plenty of studies that repression/punishment/harassment costs way more in the end
people who think that way are naively projecting their middle class morality onto others.
they assume folks want upstanding productive lives… like themselves. what they fail to realize is many people simple do not.
i know tons of people who would be homeless, with fancy college degrees, if it weren’t for the bank of mom and dad propping them up and keeping them from fucking up their lives.
lots of people are lazy worthless shits. regardless of their wealth.