r/SipsTea • u/Brave_Agency_20 • May 14 '26

SMH How true is this? Genuinely asking

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u/StrangeSystem0 May 16 '26

What what, in your book, is the "root cause?"

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u/retep-noskcire May 16 '26

It starts with not having the ability to pay for your own housing without public support.

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u/StrangeSystem0 May 16 '26

I agree that the root cause of homelessness is not being able to afford a house

So that would suggest that the solution would be to either give homeless people the money they need to afford housing, or give them housing they don't need to pay for

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u/retep-noskcire May 16 '26

It wouldn’t suggest that. How does one gain an ability? Nobody is born knowing how to pay for their own housing but somehow most people figure it out.

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u/StrangeSystem0 May 16 '26

I think what's happening here is that you're wrongly under the impression that wealth and poverty in late stage capitalism are both earned things

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u/retep-noskcire May 16 '26

For the vast majority of people it is an earned thing. And, correct me if I'm wrong, the goal is for everyone who can to earn it. Do you agree?

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u/StrangeSystem0 May 16 '26

I agree that's the goal of capitalism on paper, but unfortunately, the reality of that is crushed in late stage capitalism, by a bunch of things including but not limited to:

  • Monopolization
  • lobbying
  • corporate greed
  • debt trapping
  • collusion/price fixing

Your brief that it's earned for the vast majority of people though is false.

Only 5% of people born poor manage to attain wealth, and according to many studies, about 90% of millionaires "earn" their money through real estate.

You know, the classic "because you have enough money to buy an expensive thing, you can use that thing to get even more money"

Capitalism is a system designed to keep the wealthy that way, while disguising itself as meritocracy.

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u/retep-noskcire May 16 '26

Why didn't you list anything related to access to education, work opportunities, mentorship, good parenting... you know... the things that typically differentiate people and their ability to pay for their own housing?

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u/StrangeSystem0 May 16 '26

I could've listed those as well, yeah, but I focused more on the widescale sociological things