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I don't get it. To me, everything the article mentioned about dystopian nightmare sounds like a issue of the government, not caused by the private companies. T

by ezoe 7y ago

I don't get it. To me, everything the article mentioned about dystopian nightmare sounds like a issue of the government, not caused by the private companies. The root of the cause is they aren't redistributing the wealth well. They should offer the poor, an affordable medical care, a shelter, and just simply hand them the money. The cost should be lower than dealing with daily thefs and drug dealers crowded in the street. Most of them choose theft and illegal drug because they can't afford the foods, houses, and medical care.

pinkfoot 7y ago
> They should offer the poor, an affordable medical care, a shelter, and just simply hand them the money. Surely, when news get to other poor people in the USA you will jet be rewarded with a new, probably larger, batch of urban poor? My guess is you will run out of money before the USA runs out of poor people? (And that doesn't include the literally billions elsewhere who will be motivated to join in the fun). Sadly.
slowmovintarget 7y ago
> The root of the cause is they aren't redistributing the wealth well. They should offer the poor, an affordable medical care, a shelter, and just simply hand them the money. Except you have to get them to care about more than getting high, first. The one man in the article who lost his family started with an addiction to pain killers and progressed downward to heroin and homelessness. His problem wasn't a lack of the material, it was a lack of meaning. "Handing them the money" reinforces meaninglessness. It won't work. Throughout history there have been poor people who were virtuous. I grew up poor, and poverty didn't make us turn to stealing. Yes, we actually had too little food. My mother often went hungry as she made sure her children were fed. There are millions of the poor all over the world, and only a few of them are criminals. Most are good people. The only possible conclusion to draw from this fact is that crime is not caused by poverty, otherwise all or most of the world's poor would be criminals. It turns out that handing out needles just makes it easier to do hard drugs. Turning a blind eye to crime leads to more crime, it normalizes it. Getting these people medical care would be a beginning. Ask them to meet some standards. Food if you avoid drugs. Shelter if you help care for it, and avoid drugs. A clean place to bathe and groom yourself, if you help clean it. A shot at getting a job by keeping yourself clean in several senses. Setting the conditions begins providing meaning. Helping others and caring for one's surroundings provides meaning and dignity. That, more than anything, is the strong foundation from which to attack addiction.

by ezoe 7y ago

pinkfoot 7y ago

> They should offer the poor, an affordable medical care, a shelter, and just simply hand them the money. Surely, when news get to other poor people in the USA you will jet be rewarded with a new, probably larger, batch of urban poor? My guess is you will run out of money before the USA runs out of poor people? (And that doesn't include the literally billions elsewhere who will be motivated to join in the fun). Sadly.

slowmovintarget 7y ago

> The root of the cause is they aren't redistributing the wealth well. They should offer the poor, an affordable medical care, a shelter, and just simply hand them the money. Except you have to get them to care about more than getting high, first. The one man in the article who lost his family started with an addiction to pain killers and progressed downward to heroin and homelessness. His problem wasn't a lack of the material, it was a lack of meaning. "Handing them the money" reinforces meaninglessness. It won't work. Throughout history there have been poor people who were virtuous. I grew up poor, and poverty didn't make us turn to stealing. Yes, we actually had too little food. My mother often went hungry as she made sure her children were fed. There are millions of the poor all over the world, and only a few of them are criminals. Most are good people. The only possible conclusion to draw from this fact is that crime is not caused by poverty, otherwise all or most of the world's poor would be criminals. It turns out that handing out needles just makes it easier to do hard drugs. Turning a blind eye to crime leads to more crime, it normalizes it. Getting these people medical care would be a beginning. Ask them to meet some standards. Food if you avoid drugs. Shelter if you help care for it, and avoid drugs. A clean place to bathe and groom yourself, if you help clean it. A shot at getting a job by keeping yourself clean in several senses. Setting the conditions begins providing meaning. Helping others and caring for one's surroundings provides meaning and dignity. That, more than anything, is the strong foundation from which to attack addiction.