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Here's a recent exposé about homelessness in Seattle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpAi70WWBlw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpAi70WWBlw My takeaway: dru

by nugget 7y ago

Here's a recent exposé about homelessness in Seattle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpAi70WWBlw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpAi70WWBlw My takeaway: drug addiction and mental illness are the real problems. Homelessness is just a symptom of the disease. Why does that distinction matter? Building affordable housing without infrastructure and services to address addiction and mental health will not work.

natalyarostova 7y ago
These are not people who need help, and conditional on that help can take care of themselves. They are people who are fundamentally incapable of caring for themselves in any capacity, and there is no reason to predict that will change in the medium term future. These people need to be governed by a state body, and be stripped of their current right to live on the street.