Can't afford a home, probably gonna be illegal to be homeless. Guess they should just kill themselves then.
Fuck the modern conservative movement. No empathy for the downtrodden.
this post was submitted on 22 Apr 2024
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The next step is blending them into a nutrient-rich slush that will be fed to people in workhouses
I don't think this is just about conservatives, it's also about the owner class and their quality of life. But def significant overlap.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/16/us-homeless-encampments-companies-profiting-sweeps
Revealed: how companies made $100m clearing California homeless camps Public spending on private sweep contractors is soaring across the state – and unhoused people allege poor treatment
This reminds of the gross, despicable private detention and private prison industry in America.
these ghouls need to see some consequences. fucking libs.
Sounds like a great idea.
Of course, if it's a crime to be homeless, it's also a crime to force or coerce someone into commiting that crime.
I look forward to the officials and landlords responsible to be jailed for each crime they helped commit.
"No, not like that!"
How's that old quote go again? "The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread."
That's right homeless, you can't sleep here. Just go home already.
"Let them sleep inside". paraphrasing Marie Antoinette. smh.
So, they won't help them and won't let them be on the streets? Man, homeless folks need to learn to levitate then, so they can sleep in the air instead.
This seems like a no-brainer to me... though it probably isn't. Obviously you have a constitutional right to sleep, wherever you can make space for yourself. If these cities and downs don't want people sleeping outside, they need to provide indoor space for people who haven't actually committed crimes. We treat our criminals better than we treat our homeless.
fuck their laws, I think, is the ruling here. just fuck them completely. we do not have a society. your conscience is the only guide.
This is probably the most prescient episode of Star Trek ever: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Past_Tense_(Star_Trek%3A_Deep_Space_Nine)
Basically Sisko and friends go back in time to America in 2024, where it's illegal to be homeless and they get put in an open air prison.
It's not "sleeping outdoors" that is at issue here, it's the long term encampments in public spaces and how to deal with them.
Given these people have nowhere to go why not set aside some public land that allows long term encampments or maybe if it’s a concern about the safety of these encampments, the government could acquire an empty office building and retrofit it with modest accommodations for these peoples.
Or you could just admit it’s not about helping these people it’s about making them go away.
Those are both reasonable solutions and I'm not arguing against them. I just pointed out that this fight isn't about banning homeless people from sleeping outside. It's more nuanced than that.