• LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    One problem with giving homeless people free homes is that everyone else will start to wonder why the hell we’re working so hard for 90% of our income being taken by landlords or mortgage companies, when we could simply stop working so hard, become homeless, and get a free home. ⁉️

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      3 hours ago

      Those people will be closer to getting it than they’ve ever been.

      Perhaps one day their focus will turn to the owner class rather than the under class.

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      You’re probably joking but there are plenty of countries that provide housing for the homeless where this doesn’t happen. If you have your base necessities met then that just further incentivizes you to further develop yourself. People want to feel useful and they want to contribute.

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      23 hours ago

      Right, you could totally live in a hovel with 40 other people instead. And share a single bathroom between you. It’s genius?!