As mentioned, Walmart Chicago is closing all locations, more than likely due to theft, like Portland. If you ask me, I’d say rip up the buildings and parking lots and put a lot of flats or bus stations or something as a replacement.

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    It implies that government systems are only there to catch you if you fail.

    No it doesn’t. The term “social safety net” specifically refers to systems that are designed to catch you if you fail. You’re right that public education/healthcare/transportation are government systems, and those systems are for everyone, but these are not part of the social safety net, and thus not relevant to what I was talking about.

    And most countries have a social safety net, which is designed for people who fall on hard times. If you get addicted to heroin and lose everything, it should be incumbent on the government to help you get back to a decent standard of living, that’s what the social safety net is for. It’s literally a safety net for society.

    You lumped in things that aren’t part of the social safety net, and then got upset about the term because of things you lumped in. Instead, there are two concepts: government programs for everyone, and government programs for specific people.