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[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 140 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Somehow, treating vulnerable people with dignity by helping them out without strings attached helps our society overall. Who would've thought.

[–] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 57 points 7 months ago (3 children)

But conservatism requires a lesser people to scapegoat and oppress. Could we perhaps criminalize homelessness, and instead of housing we imprison them, so I feel satisfied that they're being punished for their god given misfortune?

[–] Neato@ttrpg.network 16 points 7 months ago

Couple with racist policies to ensure certain people are poor, that just sounds like slavery with extra steps.

[–] sqw@lemmy.sdf.org -2 points 7 months ago

maybe keep the prisons to satisfy those punishment scapegoating types but demand reform so prisons start looking like free housing with counseling and come and go as you please but there is still barbed wire somewhere to convince them that its still a torture dungeon

[–] Badeendje@lemmy.world 12 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

That, and in Finland someone falling through the cracks ends up as a littleral meat popsicle. The climate is pretty unforgiving outside summer.

[–] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world -1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I helped an older lady change her flat tire 🛞 today, and guess what, 😱 she didn’t pay me….

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

Did you not mail an invoice so you could send her to collections? Amateur smh my head