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I kinda made this post out of spite for the fact the most previous post in this community, whose title I quoted/copied, was getting so many downvotes… At the time I posted this, the previous post had about a 30% downvote rate, and it really, really made me mad.
I am relieved tho to see people in the comments here who have real, actual empathy for their fellow humans. Thank you for contributing here.
It blows my mind how normalized it is to hate on those who are struggling. Especially in 20fucking23 when so many of us now are on the verge of it ourselves. Let’s be better, everyone - to everyone. I beg you.
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I don’t know where you live, but homelessness (or as they’re called here the unhoused) isn’t criminalized at all lol. The biggest effect that’s going on with the unregulated encampments other then the crime and suffering that goes on there is massive ecological damage. They’ve had fires so bad that the EPA has come and been the ones to finally kick them off state land. The trash and carnage left behind is insane, not to mention the propane tanks that explode, the shootings in nearby parking lots for drug deals gone sour, and the massive amount of theft in the surrounding area.
Leaving them be in my opinion is the same as leaving illegal immigrants be. Either grant them amnesty or deport them. Having a large exploitable community that doesn’t interact with police just makes society two tiered. If you’re homeless you shouldn’t have to worry about being raped and then effectively told after “yeah don’t live in the tent city”.