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We all know the cause of homelessness and it ain’t an excess of tolerance, that’s for damn sure.
by SomeOldThrow 7y ago
We all know the cause of homelessness and it ain’t an excess of tolerance, that’s for damn sure.
- reaperducer 7y agoWe all know the cause of homelessness If you managed to identify the single cause of homelessness, you should be nominated for a Nobel Prize.
- baby 7y agoHealthcare? Housing?
- lizknope 7y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homelessness_and_mental_health https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homelessness_and_mental_health It is estimated that 20–25% of homeless people, compared with 6% of the non-homeless, have severe mental illness. Others estimate that up to one-third of the homeless suffer from mental illness.
- SomeOldThrow 7y agoAre you implying America discriminates against the mentally ill?
- SomeOldThrow 7y agoThe answer is yes.
- baby 7y agoI think a lot of people have mental illness but manage to live thanks to aids, healthcare, affordable housing, and so on. Because these structures are missing in America, these people end up in the street and their mental illness is the focus of the blame.
- SomeOldThrow 7y agoIf that were the case Fidel Castro would have gotten it.
- baroffoos 7y agoThe problem is Americas version of left is "I will do nothing to help you but I won't intervene if you do drugs on the street" and their version of the right is "I will do nothing at all to help you but you will be punished for any rule breaking"
- dragonwriter 7y ago> The problem is Americas version of left is "I will do nothing to help you but I won't intervene if you do drugs on the street" That's because the dominant faction of America’s “left”-er party is neoliberal centrist. The actual left would do more, but even in cities with a leftier reputation doesn't tend to have the power to.
- tyri_kai_psomi 7y agoI hear this a lot, and while it may be true for the core platform, the American left have some of the most extreme progressive views in the world, for example, on abortion.
- SomeOldThrow 7y agoWhile that is true, nobody fits neatly into a right/left spectrum.
- thrax 7y agoWealth inequality and lack of housing. Where's my prize?