To be clear, I'm not urging another "read theory" struggle session. This to me seems to be about posting. Or maybe not? I guess we could have a struggle session about what it's actually about instead. And to prove I'm not one of the elite liberals, here's the link
the thing is people that say 'you gotta work for it' are coming from a place of emotion, e.g. indignation, hatred of the lazy. so its better to just argue with emotions instead because that is more compelling to the majority of onlookers. like yeah i know those things and i also know that a farmer today can produce a ton of crops with minimal work in comparison to 100 years ago, and same with construction. people can produce a ton of houses with minimal effort due to standardization. but that wont convince them that yeah, we should be helping people. stating those facts will just make them think 'yeah but then everyone who works will be EVEN RICHER AND THATS AWESOME FUCK THE LAZY'.
When I was doing framing for houses me and my coworker could frame a 3 story house in a week and a half. A house can go from a hole in the ground with foundation pilings to built in like 2 months if you can get all the trades lined up right.
2 framers, 1 concrete person with 2 extra crew, 1 plumber and apprentice, 1 electrician and apprentice, 2 drywallers, 1 painter, 1 finish carpenter, 1 tiler and 1 carpet person is all you need and a lot of those trades can be done by the same people. Just 15 people max can build a 2 story house with basement in a summer.
Homelessness is a policy position actively pursued by all levels of government.
now imagine just repurposing the entire industry to build aparment complex style units en masse for just a year. so much housing we wouldnt know what to do with it all.