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[-] werefreeatlast@lemmy.world -1 points 4 months ago

I was being sarcastic. However you're right. At least back in Sandy San Diego, a bunch of the homeless people I got to meet were of different backgrounds. Some were migrants, many were veterans but I would say more than 50% were people down on their luck. I used to walk by St Vicents on my way to school. Many of them were on drugs. Over the years the population changes a lot though.

[-] orrk@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

being honest here, "down on their luck" is already a fucking joke. these people arn't poor because they diden't have enough luck, they are poor because the system they live in wants them to be poor, poverty and homelessness isn't a symptom, it's a feature.

[-] werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Yeah, basically. You know, I don't think there is an evil mastermind behind any of it. We just basically made up a system that causes homelessness, but because it doesn't affect us, then we do nothing to fix it. Later on, when we are affected in old age or when we loose our home, we simply don't have a voice to say anything about it. So we do nothing.

[-] orrk@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

the funny thing about that, the rich have class consciousness, they know from rational self-interest what to do

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