A thread in which OP posts about some derelict acting like the methed out weirdo that they are, a guy sounding exactly like the hippy teacher from beavis & butthead chimes in
I'm going to guess that you might live in an inner-city neighbourhood? Poverty is probably the overwhelming reason you see people out on the streets having a hard time. That woman's anger is probably redirected frustration at whatever else is going on in her life.
Having insecure, unsuitable, overcrowded or substandard housing, food insecurity and generally not being able to afford stuff is stressor. Then there is the vicious cycle of poverty causing trauma (usually generational) which leads to mental health issues, then you aren't able to get them treated, or even escape the conditions that make them worse.
Basically, a lot of folks live very high stress lives, and don't have the resources, community, family etc to live with more security, and as austerity gets worse, things get more expensive, housing gets worse, food gets expensive, healthcare gets harder to access etc etc etc, you will see more people publically having crises.
Also, Being assertive, direct, agressive etc etc etc is a strategy to get your needs met in a lot of social situations, but like a lot of behaviours, it can become maladaptive and anti-social in a lot of other settings.
I don't know when poverty suddenly became a get out of jail free card for anything and everything
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I agree with leftoids on some key policy issues but it's the constant veneration of weakness like this that makes me sick at the thought of identifying with them
There, I've expressed myself while being heckin' emotionally vulnerable, upmarsey now
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I think welfare isn't a bad idea, especially if the alternative is filial responsibility but absolving poors from any and all personal responsibility is counter productive. The law should be more immediate and punitive, and we should beat tramps with batons like in silent comedies
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Idk man I feel like the country is rich enough to throw survival amounts of money at all the hobos and then ignore them without issue.
The only uncomfortable issue liberal states have to get around is the willingness to create hobo cities where you have super affordable housing and a big park 300 meters away for hobos to live in who cannot adjust to living in a house.
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I feel we already do. They get fed and can get sheltered should they choose. They're not rational actors though so they destroy any actual living space and end up back at square 1.
Agree with government sanctioned shanty towns. Corral them to one area with plumbing and narcan and let them do as they please
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You just need to do the black housing project repeat but for homeless hobos away from the city proper.
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