Does anyone ever hear this one? It doesn't make sense to me. Why do we need the option to be homeless? Do you want to be Diogenes or what?

  • jabrd [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    I mean shit if someone really wants to be homeless let them. But no one can truly make that decision freely unless the option of not being homeless is as easy a choice to make

    • ShutUpShutUpShutUp [she/her]
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      3 years ago

      Exactly this. Once you've accounted for untreated mental issues, if someone wants to live on the streets they should be allowed to do so, provided it is a choice freely made.

      Really, there's no reason (save capitalism) we couldn't construct our public spaces to accommodate people living comfortably in them.

      But I don't imagine those people will ever number even 1% of the populace, frankly. It's kind of a silly gotcha.

      • axont [she/her, comrade/them]
        hexagon
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        3 years ago

        I don't know if I'm down for the idea of freely choosing to live on the streets, since that presents an immediate hazard to a person's life.

        • ShutUpShutUpShutUp [she/her]
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          3 years ago

          Currently, certainly. As I said, I feel it's entirely possible to build our public spaces so as to accommodate the vanishingly few people who would choose to live such a life even once the other difficulties inherent to acquiring housing under capitalism were eliminated.