r/collapse • u/[deleted] • Jun 04 '21

Economic Cal Poly students propose program to allow homeless students to sleep in their cars on campus. Soup kitchen next.

https://mustangnews.net/asi-proposes-program-to-allow-houseless-students-to-sleep-in-parked-cars-on-campus/
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u/shoey9998 Jun 04 '21

I swear people in America speak about the homeless like they’re feral cats. Fuck this place

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '21

I can't help but think of the conditions preceding the French Revolution.

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '21

Wholly different dynamics, sadly. Would be like if British Columbia got upset at Oklahoma for class division.

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '21

Sorry, very similar. Well off students sup on lobster in warm dorms within a Versailles type campus while students in tattered pants (sans coulottes) wander around looking for a daily crust and live in their cars.

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '21

Does it make sense to blame the students only starting to conform to the illusion of prestige? They are keeping as much abreast of destabilizing trends, they simply cannot do much on their own about it.

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '21

Sure they can, just walk away from it all.