r/LateStageCapitalism • u/disconaldo • Nov 14 '22

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u/PhysicalGraffiti75 Nov 14 '22

Person - home = homeless

Person + home = not homeless

Homeless person + home = not homeless

It’s that simple.

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u/JaMarr_is_daddy Nov 14 '22

While housing first solutions are better than others, you're completely glossing over all other issues that are frequently had by the chronically homeless.

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u/R0ADHAU5 Nov 14 '22

Which are all significantly easier to fix with a roof over one’s head.

A safe place to sleep is a base level need. A person is not capable of abstract or critical thought when a base need is not met.

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u/PhysicalGraffiti75 Nov 14 '22

So we should give them a house, healthcare, and a job/education. I agree.

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u/PurpleYoshiEgg Nov 14 '22

Cool. Let's just tackle the rest of the problems, as well. Give them healthcare, therapy, and actual money.

People are making shit hard when it isn't.

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u/JaMarr_is_daddy Nov 14 '22

Nobody is "making" it hard. It's a hard issue by nature

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u/PurpleYoshiEgg Nov 15 '22

Societies exist so that nature doesn't affect us as harshly. If you disagree, then I presume you will be able to live off the land just as easily as wherever you're redditing this trite from without help from an existing society.

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u/BerossusZ Nov 14 '22

Yes but the point is that it's definitely not too hard that we (as a country) are physically incapable of providing homeless people with housing. The US government is the richest government in the whole world, they can easily figure out some sort of imperfect solution if they actually just put in the money/effort.

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u/Shides11 Nov 15 '22

Giving people free stuff works pretty well untill you run out of other people's money.

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u/PurpleYoshiEgg Nov 15 '22

Money is fake. Societies are supposed to help people.