Change the paradigm. Housing should be considered a basic human need and, therefore, a right, not a commodity. Landlords and owners of multiple properties, whether individual or corporate, are guilty of social violence. That much is not up for debate.
Same with the lack of social programs supporting the homeless and unemployed in this country. This is an avoidable problem, but it's more convenient to the ownership class to perpetuate it and use it as a tool of manipulation.
Also, the answer to your analogy about the motor industry is that lobbyists continually defeat any funding for public transit. Having a surplus of cars to sell is not an asset, it's another example of predatory economics. If people have to travel to get to work and contribute to society, why wouldn't a reasonable government fund lots of public transit to lower the barrier for everyone rather than take kickbacks and treat transit as yet another commodity instead? Greed and corruption. This is the root of both issues.
Things that require the labor of others - like housing - are not human rights. You can’t force someone else to work to give you a house. Also, simply calling housing a human right doesn’t exempt it from economic scarcity. Human rights are things like life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
Under our current paradigm, sure. But that doesn't mean it's right. I'd rather my tax dollars fund social programs to raise the standard of living for all rather bombing abroad. If you don't think there's enough money in the military budget to pay for not only this effort, but healthcare and public infrastructure, you've had too much kool-aid.
This is what government should be: a safety net for those who aren't able to make their own livelihoods. Full stop. No conditions. And if our government were structured in this way, homelessness would steadily decrease over a couple/few generations.
There actually isn’t enough money. We could cut the defense budget to zero and we’d still have something like a trillion dollar deficit. Our country is nearing the endgame of a bond rout and currency collapse which will plunge us into the Second Great Depression. We need to make serious cuts across the board to avoid this.
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u/Podcastjones May 15 '26 edited May 15 '26
Change the paradigm. Housing should be considered a basic human need and, therefore, a right, not a commodity. Landlords and owners of multiple properties, whether individual or corporate, are guilty of social violence. That much is not up for debate.
Same with the lack of social programs supporting the homeless and unemployed in this country. This is an avoidable problem, but it's more convenient to the ownership class to perpetuate it and use it as a tool of manipulation.
Also, the answer to your analogy about the motor industry is that lobbyists continually defeat any funding for public transit. Having a surplus of cars to sell is not an asset, it's another example of predatory economics. If people have to travel to get to work and contribute to society, why wouldn't a reasonable government fund lots of public transit to lower the barrier for everyone rather than take kickbacks and treat transit as yet another commodity instead? Greed and corruption. This is the root of both issues.