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This is a terrible business plan; the homeless don't have any money. They should criminalize exorbitant wealth instead. The richest 30% control 97% of total wea
by Maursault 4y ago
This is a terrible business plan; the homeless don't have any money. They should criminalize exorbitant wealth instead. The richest 30% control 97% of total wealth.[1] Poverty is a virtue, wealth itself is strong circumstantial evidence of exploitation, theft and civil rights violations. Start with the 3300 or so billionaires, and incarcerate them until their wealth falls below 30%, then, if ever necessary, move down the pyramid in 2% increments. I'd invest in this type of venture, at least a little while, and dump it before my personal wealth breached the criminal threshold. But I don't see how there is any money in criminalizing poverty. It would not be sustainable.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distribution_of_wealth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distribution_of_wealth
- lopis 4y agoThe homeless don't have money but they have value in a system that allows using homeless as cheap/free labour, and when you receive state funding proportional to the number of people you're hosting. Incarcerating millionaires on the other hand is hard (they are less likely to commit obvious crimes), time consuming (long time in court), costly (they can pay armies of lawyers), and more likely to fail if they have the right connections. The homeless don't have family, friends or business partners to help bail them out.
- Maursault 4y agoThe cost of incarcerating the homeless is never ending and must be paid for by everyone else, whereas the rich can afford their incarceration without cost to taxpayers. If the crime is wealth, all the money in the world can't defend against it.