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> the purpose of a hospital is to provide for the sick And the purpose of society is to provide for its people. All of them.
by wwwwwwwww 6y ago
> the purpose of a hospital is to provide for the sick
And the purpose of society is to provide for its people. All of them.
- jod53 6y agoPerhaps true for society depending on your views, but the point of a city is simply somewhere many people want to live together. A sign of a healthy city is steady growth, this could be from the opportunities available or the attractiveness of the quality of life of the city. For Sf, the opportunity aspect is strong enough so people are willing to overlook the widespread homelessness.
- bzb4 6y agoThere’s no such thing as society.
- mvn9 6y agoThat depends on your society. America is made of people who have left their societies to start something on their own. At what point in history have those people turned into a society that cares for each other beyond personal relations?
- fermienrico 6y agoYou need to realize that saying "Homeless people make cities uninviting" does not mean people are against solving the problem of homelessness. It is unquestionably, irrefutably, unarguably true that seeing homeless people everywhere in the city is indeed uninviting. I agree, we should fix homelessness. But saying that "Homelessness should not be criticized" is unproductive. In fact, criticizing homelessness is how we can force the governments to improve the situation.
- ericmcer 6y agohistorically: no. Currently outside of progressive cities: no. Giant impoverished tent encampments in the middle of an extremely wealthy city is pretty unique to SF at this particular period of time. Also a society is an organization of people living under a set of agreed upon rules, we are currently dealing with how best to update these rules to deal with massive income inequality and poverty.