Necromartian t1_j0tq4zy wrote on December 19, 2022 at 9:59 AM

Reply to comment by DirectLavishness602 in Homeless man arrested for stealing excavator to help man change his tire in Downtown by Mr_Blite

I mean... they are not animals. They are people. With normal skills. That guy might be a former construction worker who got down on his luck when the economy collapsed last time. Or maybe he lost all his money due illness.

It might be worth asking what is the reason capable people are kept homeless, when providing them with an apartment and social services they need could make them in to construction workers, nurses, teachers.

I suppose it is just to keep the working class scared. So that the companies can say "Look at that dirty hobo. To stay human, you need to spend 80% of your awake time working for us, of you'll end up just like that thing."

Sorry I just had a heated discussion about homelessness with someone in r/UnethicalLifeProTips and that might be spilling a bit over :D

DirectLavishness602 t1_j0tr17p wrote on December 19, 2022 at 10:12 AM

I feel you, i wasnt calling them any of the words you described.

Necromartian t1_j0tt4xv wrote on December 19, 2022 at 10:43 AM

Apologies, It was not my intend to imply that you did.

I'm just a bit frustrated that there are people who seem to think that homelessness (At least in scale as it appears in the USA) is somehow an unsolvable problem caused by the homeless just being lazy and bad people.

DirectLavishness602 t1_j0u07c8 wrote on December 19, 2022 at 12:15 PM

Youre good, im extremely thankful for my situation as Im not in an imminent threat to become homeless. I do help people out by giving them food and money. You can never know when could you be in fhe same situation, so feeling thankful and humble is far much better that feeling guilt.

hope you have a nice day ahead

mtcwby t1_j0v3pon wrote on December 19, 2022 at 5:24 PM

A large part of it is substance abuse and mental illness. The economic homeless are just who they trot out for the camera. Until we get serious about forcing the issue on treatment there's no solution.

Necromartian t1_j13oiom wrote on December 21, 2022 at 1:07 PM

I'm reading that as "Forcing people to accept treatment for their mental health problems and drug abuse," but I'm not sure if sure I understood your meaning correctly.

In my country we start the idea with "A person needs a safe environment, a home of their own, to heal from the things that caused their homelessness."

So they are provided with an apartment without requirement for staying sober and they are guided towards mental health services and addiction services.

If you drag someone kicking and screaming to a rehab, they'll be back on street in a blink of an eye.