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The obsession with "Inequality" is misplaced envy. The issue is government policies that enable and support lawbreaking.
by pirate787 3y ago
The obsession with "Inequality" is misplaced envy. The issue is government policies that enable and support lawbreaking.
- amanaplanacanal 3y agoWhen some people can afford a place to live and others can’t, I’d say that inequality is a problem. Calling it envy doesn’t address that at all.
- xg15 3y agoSo arrest all the homeless then?
- pb7 3y agoIf they break the law then yeah, why not? They’re not above the law.
- Gibbon1 3y agoGeneral principal among civilized peoples is you can't punish people for breaking laws they they are unable to follow through no fault of their own.
- lolinder 3y ago"Through no fault of their own" is the point of contention with this topic. One side believes the homeless are mostly victims of circumstance, the other that they're mostly victims of their own poor choices and addictions.
- alistairSH 3y agoThere are no free public toilets. So the homeless shit in the street. Arresting them for that fixes nothing. Except maybe buys you a day or two without shit, until another homeless person settles in.
- lolinder 3y agoThere are plenty of public toilets where I live, and the homeless use them the same as the rest of us.
- mike50 3y agoCan the tv news both sides nonsense. Other points of view are the failure of governments to provide services to their citizens. For example what if the government provided for different solutions and support for those with mental and physical illness. What if governments provide stable housing AND emergency shelters. You can't just work harder to afford housing and you can't just go to AA to treat your addiction and underlying conditions.
- johnnyanmac 3y ago>Other points of view are the failure of governments to provide services to their citizens. of which services are funded by and voted in by taxpayers. So yes, to some extent it is the people's fault.
- SoftTalker 3y agoAnd while certainly not in all cases, it’s at least sometimes their deliberate choice and preference to live a life of zero responsibility.
- Animats 3y agoShip drug users off to drug camp? All the drugs you want, free, for as long as you live. Test clean for a week and you're out.
- xg15 3y agoFriendly reminder that sending people to camps with the tacit expectation that they will not leave the camp again alive is something that we all agreed not to want a repeat of in history.
- acuozzo 3y agoWow. HN is one of the few places I'd expect to encounter someone stuck in Kohlberg Stage 4.
- yazzku 3y agoEnvy of what?