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[–] ringwraithfish@startrek.website 144 points 6 months ago (39 children)

Can't afford a home, probably gonna be illegal to be homeless. Guess they should just kill themselves then.

Fuck the modern conservative movement. No empathy for the downtrodden.

[–] johsny@lemmy.world 33 points 6 months ago (3 children)

It is illegal to kill yourself.

[–] Car@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Born too early to enjoy fully automated luxury gay space communism, born too late to participate in affordable housing, born just in time to go to jail for conspiracy to commit suicide because living is too expensive.

[–] Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 months ago

Canada has entered the chat.

[–] UnculturedSwine@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

Guess they'll just rot in prison, then

[–] 100_kg_90_de_belin@feddit.it 16 points 6 months ago (2 children)

The next step is blending them into a nutrient-rich slush that will be fed to people in workhouses

[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

Too much pork fat to be healthy

[–] TBi@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

That’s a very Soylent remark…

[–] Maoo@hexbear.net 9 points 6 months ago (10 children)

Get a load of this lib that doesn't know virtually every Dem-run city provides full-throated support for the cops and pushes anti-homeless policies.

You ever stopped a sweep, lib?

[–] kamenoko@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 months ago

Turns out it's still better to be homeless in a lib city than a conservative shit hole town.

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[–] tearsintherain@leminal.space 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

I don't think this is just about conservatives, it's also about the owner class and their quality of life. But def significant overlap.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/16/us-homeless-encampments-companies-profiting-sweeps

Revealed: how companies made $100m clearing California homeless camps Public spending on private sweep contractors is soaring across the state – and unhoused people allege poor treatment

This reminds of the gross, despicable private detention and private prison industry in America.

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

They're connected. How many times can you get detained overnight and have your entire life belongings destroyed before you fight the police officer detaining you?

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