Watching that episode of DS9 when it came out (in 1995) made it seem as though they had to exaggerate a lot to get a point across and things could never be that

Watching that episode of DS9 when it came out (in 1995) made it seem as though they had to exaggerate a lot to get a point across and things could never be that bad. Now though? Now it seems like we'll be lucky if things don't end up worse sooner. It's shocking to me the degree to which the homeless are hated and dehumanized by such a huge number of people.