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seems like a crude way to address the homeless problem. US ideological culture means that it is unable to authorise the state intervention required to remedy ho
by hunglee2 4y ago
seems like a crude way to address the homeless problem. US ideological culture means that it is unable to authorise the state intervention required to remedy homelessness, so instead goes the opposite way by denying every citizen their natural rights. It's public land, which surely means the people can sleep on it
- cratermoon 4y agoIt's almost certain that the state will spend more money enforcing the new law than it would have cost to provide services and shelter to the people they are trying to make go away.
- hunglee2 4y agoinevitably. We can even see it become a revenue generation channel, fining people for a having a sleep in the park in the summer. Missouri residents should be upset at this, a massive intrusion over what surely is a 'natural right'
- 082349872349872 4y agoThe law, in its majestic equality, forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal their bread. — AF