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Unfortunately many people subscribe to the concept that we’re living in a meritocracy and thus if someone is poor it’s due to their own fault.
by ido 4y ago
Unfortunately many people subscribe to the concept that we’re living in a meritocracy and thus if someone is poor it’s due to their own fault.
- zo1 4y agoWho/where are these many people and are you sure you are representing their points accurately?
- colinmhayes 4y agoone of them is right below you
- parkingrift 4y ago100%. Feel free to ask any clarifying questions. However, please note that although I do believe your situation in life is due to your own choices, that does not mean I have no compassion for people and the choices they’ve made.
- humanrebar 4y agoHomelessness is a complex subject. No one in good faith thinks a homeless addict needs to just bootstrap harder. At the same time, barring a major felony, and sometimes not even then, nobody is exactly forcing them into a successful engagement with a recovery program either. If someone is unable to make a rational decision on the subject, who's fault is it if they continue to be untreated?
- mperham 4y agoYou’re showing your own biases by assuming that all homeless people are addicts. There are tons of people living in their cars and barely scraping by. It’s the price of housing, we need more housing units full stop.
- humanrebar 4y agoI didn't say all homeless people were addicts. I was illustrating my first sentence -- homelessness is a complex subject. I agree we need more housing. I also think we'll have "homelessness problems" even if we built enough housing to go around. There are a lot of intersecting problems.
- parkingrift 4y agoI have absolutely no shame in saying that I am one of those people.
- pessimizer 4y agoThe sadistic belief that the dumber you are, the more in shit you should live. If I'm going to live in a meritocracy, let it at least be one that judges merit based on ethics, rather than by intelligence or who your parents are.