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There are policies that increase homelessness. But even if you do everything right, you won't be able to solve the problem completely in liberal societies. In s
by trompetenaccoun 5y ago
There are policies that increase homelessness. But even if you do everything right, you won't be able to solve the problem completely in liberal societies. In some more authoritarian countries, homeless people are simply arrested, taken back to their hometowns, put in institutions or just driven out of the cities. That's one way to deal with it.
It's absolutely right to put emphasis on self agency, there's actually a very concerning trend in society that people expect the government to solve all problems and ideally even pay them for simply existing (see the antiwork movement). Should this sort of thinking gain popular support the problem is going to get much bigger than it already is.
- camgunz 5y agoI think your post needs a lot more research. Most Americans want to work. Most Americans want to have savings, own a home and a car, be in a relationship and have a family, etc. Homelessness isn't the result of an outbreak of personal irresponsibility, nor is substance abuse [1] [2]. They're systemic failures. When opium overtook China in the early 19th century, it wasn't because suddenly everyone decided they'd throw caution to the wind. It's nonsensical and leads to intense political problems (see: "Welfare Queens"). We put ordinary people into extraordinarily bad situations, and then we blame them for not being extraordinary enough to dig out. [1]: https://stjosephinstitute.com/understanding-the-relationship-between-poverty-and-addiction/ https://stjosephinstitute.com/understanding-the-relationship... [2]: https://borgenproject.org/addiction-poverty-connected/ https://borgenproject.org/addiction-poverty-connected/
- trompetenaccoun 5y agoMisunderstanding, that part of the comment wasn't directed at those who're already poor or homeless. I completely agree with what you say.