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I look at it from a selfish perspective. These "lowlifes" actually drag society down. It benefits me if they are helped.
by clSTophEjUdRanu 7y ago
I look at it from a selfish perspective. These "lowlifes" actually drag society down. It benefits me if they are helped.
- asdkhadsj 7y agoYup. I don't agree on the perspective but you're totally right. My wife works in a state with issues like this, and her very modest city (capitol, but not as big as SF or Seattle) has enough homeless people that all sorts of crime is on the rise. Restaurants were closing (before COVID..) because people wouldn't go to the restaurant anymore. There were literal camps in parking lots and the police did nothing. I personally think it's a sad state of our society that we let this happen. These people are either in need of help, or mental help. This is not an acceptable way of living. 1. Give help to all those who simply need some help. 2. Give mental help to those who cannot see living in filth is not a healthy state of being. 3. Let the people who just want to live "free" go live in the woods and form a co-op or something. I unfortunately see no reason why camping on the streets or next to interstates should not be strictly enforced. But to manage this, we need social programs for #1 and #2. These people aren't all criminals, we can't simply lock them up in jail/prisons. It would also exploit them to do so. We need human programs focused on helping people, and fast.
- pozdnyshev 7y agoThe American Prison system is the largest healthcare provider in the United States. 2 million people with mental illness are put in jails/prisons every year. We need not only social programs, but to bring back the institutions. State mental hospitals where these people can actually get the care they need and not be subjected to the harsh conditions of our penitentiaries.