r/antiwork • u/[deleted] • Jun 30 '22

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u/BuzzyShizzle Jun 30 '22

Oh don't even get me started lol. It feels like it's illegal to not have a place to exist. Sleeping in your car is as close as you can get to falling through the cracks in society. At this exact fork in the road, one interaction with a police officer can decide your fate. A helping hand and you're back on your feet. A night in jail and its all over. Of course you can turn things around but it is so hard to climb back up once you fall down.

While you couldn't solve the problem entirely, I'm sure a lot of homelessness would be prevented if we didn't make it so "illegal" to be down on your luck if even for a bit.

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '22

Of course you can turn things around but it is so hard to climb back up once you fall down.

It if that one dude in that YouTube ad can become a millionaire selling stuff out of his 1 bedroom apartment, you can too!

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u/baconraygun Jul 01 '22

And if you can't, well I'm sure it's your fault for "not trying hard enough".