Poverty is about resources. Most people in the US have plenty of that. Most people living paycheck to paycheck indeed did it to themselves.
Talked to someone while returning bottles and cans the other day. They had an electric bike with a trailer. They make ~$80 a week just going around town picking up bottles and cans. -Something I used to do before e-bikes. I made 2x minimum wage doing it when redemption took longer and more effort (feeding through a machine). Almost any idiot is capable of doing this, others are capable of far more.
If you’re dependent on an employer in the US; you’re probably a lazy leech that simply refuses to do actual work because I could give example after example of work people could do for more money. -When you lack those resources, then complain about poverty.
Most people isn’t good enough. Homeless people exist and underpin the entire concept of inequity with capitalism. The only thing they did was not have money.
I’ve been homeless, have you?
You’re probably ignoring underlying problems like drug addictions, mental illness, and divorce. Also, some people simply choose the life.
Getting through all of those conditions requires huge amounts of money, as I’m sure you know. There probably are some folks that prefer homelessness, but it’s a tiny minority and likely due to a situation where apartments don’t work and they couldn’t afford a house.
I don’t need to experience homelessness to have compassion and a vision for a better world.
Experiencing homelessness leads to a better understanding of homelesseness. Same with wealth; if you’ve never been wealthy; you don’t know the experience. Sure, it’s nice that you show you care about it, but anything you have to contribute on the topic is about as effective as donating to a scam artist and thinking you did good.
Experiencing homelessness leads to a better understanding of homelessness
I 100% agree with you that lived experience is a necessity to finding an answer, but it’s unrealistic to expect only people with that experience to produce solutions.
anything you have to contribute on the topic is about as effective as donating to a scam artist
What was it you were saying about lived experience? Well you’ve never lived my life. I can see the precarity of homelessness myself. I’m in a place that’s forced to make plans in case I have nothing. I’m also building an organizing committee for my union local to address homelessness in my community. I’ll make sure to tell everyone that attends our moneyless winter clothing swap that even though I’m there and planned it, I’m actually a con artist.
I am sure you’re a “genius” who thinks people are poor or living paycheck to paycheck because its only their fault. But you wouldn’t know anybody.
Poverty is about resources. Most people in the US have plenty of that. Most people living paycheck to paycheck indeed did it to themselves.
Talked to someone while returning bottles and cans the other day. They had an electric bike with a trailer. They make ~$80 a week just going around town picking up bottles and cans. -Something I used to do before e-bikes. I made 2x minimum wage doing it when redemption took longer and more effort (feeding through a machine). Almost any idiot is capable of doing this, others are capable of far more.
If you’re dependent on an employer in the US; you’re probably a lazy leech that simply refuses to do actual work because I could give example after example of work people could do for more money. -When you lack those resources, then complain about poverty.
Sounds like you were stealing scrap metal to me, right to private prison, you are now happily employed.
Cleaning up other people’s litter. lol The guy does a service. I just return my own and my landlords.
Do you have the proper tax stamp and notorized permit from the state and your landlord? You are going straight to prisonl as well.
lol!
Most people isn’t good enough. Homeless people exist and underpin the entire concept of inequity with capitalism. The only thing they did was not have money.
I’ve been homeless, have you? You’re probably ignoring underlying problems like drug addictions, mental illness, and divorce. Also, some people simply choose the life.
Getting through all of those conditions requires huge amounts of money, as I’m sure you know. There probably are some folks that prefer homelessness, but it’s a tiny minority and likely due to a situation where apartments don’t work and they couldn’t afford a house.
I don’t need to experience homelessness to have compassion and a vision for a better world.
Experiencing homelessness leads to a better understanding of homelesseness. Same with wealth; if you’ve never been wealthy; you don’t know the experience. Sure, it’s nice that you show you care about it, but anything you have to contribute on the topic is about as effective as donating to a scam artist and thinking you did good.
I 100% agree with you that lived experience is a necessity to finding an answer, but it’s unrealistic to expect only people with that experience to produce solutions.
What was it you were saying about lived experience? Well you’ve never lived my life. I can see the precarity of homelessness myself. I’m in a place that’s forced to make plans in case I have nothing. I’m also building an organizing committee for my union local to address homelessness in my community. I’ll make sure to tell everyone that attends our moneyless winter clothing swap that even though I’m there and planned it, I’m actually a con artist.