• @[email protected]
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    61 year ago

    The top is meant to represent the socialist solution to homelessness. These are socialist block apartments built to ensure that everyone had housing because homelessness was a huge problem. They were functional, but because they were built to functionally address a need quickly, they weren’t large or luxurious. They were built to last and the rent levels were controlled at a low rate if the people didn’t outright own the place themselves.

    The bottom picture is the liberal solution to homelessness. Apartments suck, fuck the homeless, jack up the rent prices. The convenience of the few is prioritized over the needs of the many.

    Funny how someone who is mentally 12 could put this together, but you couldn’t be bothered.

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      11 year ago

      your average homeless will sell the house in 5 microseconds for crack money or sign it away under duress.

      homeless people need safer shelters, healthcare, detoxing, therapy, coaching and resources to help them out of the downward spiral they are in.

      throwing free housing to vulnerable people suffering from addiction and mental illnesses is one of the stupidest things I have heard.

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        41 year ago

        It’s only stupid if you don’t address the root causes of the problems that you are listing. If you don’t do anything to lift the people out of their desperation and end the cause of that desperation, then of course they will sell it.

        Your middle paragraph is the first part of what I’m talking about, do what is needed to help people lift themselves back up. Only a small part of that is helping with housing. The bigger problem is the second part, if you do nothing about the conditions that contributed to their downward spiral, then that first part will only be a temporary relief.

        This second comment made it much more clear that you weren’t just saying, “nah, fuck them,” but covering all of the nuances of what needs to change just isn’t a realistic expectation for text comments online. Frankly, I have a feeling you and I agree a lot on that first part of what is needed to help people, no clue about how you feel about the second part. I appreciate you coming back with a thoughtful answer instead of trolling, because I expect trolling.