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  • RedQuestionAsker2 [he/him, she/her]
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    2 years ago

    This is necropolitic realism.

    Libs pretend that they're okay seeing homeless people in tents and encampments around public places, but they're not. For many people, encounters with severely mentally ill people as described are really distressing.

    If you were to ask anyone what they would rather see happen to the person,

    1. The homeless person will get the help and support they need to get back on their feet.

    2. We kill the homeless person.

    I believe, despite how doomer everyone here is, that people would generally choose the first one.

    However, anyone with half a brain in America has figured out that things aren't getting better. These support systems don't exist and won't exist. Society has absolutely failed them.

    This is necropolitic realism. It's easier to imagine killing homeless people than any alternative.

    • Lovely_sombrero [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      Libs pretend that they’re okay seeing homeless people in tents and encampments around public places, but they’re not.

      Neither am I. Probably for different reasons tho.

      We kill the homeless person.

      A few weeks ago I wrote that libs have invented the "smart" third position of making being homeless illegal, forcing the homeless far away. But this is maybe the first such public event and lots of libs are already slowly moving in this position. Quite scary. I guess everything is happening at an accelerated rate.

      • Golgafrinchan [none/use name]
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        2 years ago

        libs have invented the “smart” third position of making being homeless illegal

        Not an invention. The law, in its majesty, forbids poor and rich alike from sleeping under bridges.

    • DoghouseCharlie [he/him, comrade/them]
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      2 years ago

      Capitalist realismed their way into murdering homeless people instead of helping them. Scratching their head with confusion while they say, "Well, we took all the money away from social services to fund the homeless-murder program. How are there still more homeless?"

      • Lovely_sombrero [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        The homeless should have the choice to select their favorite mode of euthanasia!

      • Golgafrinchan [none/use name]
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        2 years ago

        Already do, in Canada!

        https://apnews.com/article/covid-science-health-toronto-7c631558a457188d2bd2b5cfd360a867

        Alan Nichols had a history of depression and other medical issues, but none were life-threatening. When the 61-year-old Canadian was hospitalized in June 2019 over fears he might be suicidal, he asked his brother to “bust him out” as soon as possible.

        Within a month, Nichols submitted a request to be euthanized and he was killed, despite concerns raised by his family and a nurse practitioner.

        His application for euthanasia listed only one health condition as the reason for his request to die: hearing loss.

        Nichols’ family reported the case to police and health authorities, arguing that he lacked the capacity to understand the process and was not suffering unbearably — among the requirements for euthanasia. They say he was not taking needed medication, wasn’t using the cochlear implant that helped him hear, and that hospital staffers improperly helped him request euthanasia.

        Apparently the new T4 Aktion programme has resulted in a wonderful increase in the volume of fresh organs for the transplant business.

    • Zodiark
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      4 months ago

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      • AcidSmiley [she/her]
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        2 years ago

        So one of the main examples of necropolitic realism would be the widespread acceptance of the mass deaths of immigrants at the US-Mexico border or in the Mediterranean? Or is that already too hands-on in amounts of state violence?

        • Zodiark
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          4 months ago

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      • Golgafrinchan [none/use name]
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        2 years ago

        Involuntary commitment to a state hospital where they can receive treatment. But nooo...we don't have state hospitals any more because in the 70s the libs sued them out of existence.