We would, as a culture, have to make and act on the value judgment that dying in the streets, paired with all the other social ills that accompany having long-term homelessness, is sufficiently bad to justify involuntarily committing the mentally ill to secure facilities. Do you see that happening?
That doesn't have to happen when locals can help their local community. Do you see yourself trying to bring community together to help? Have you tried discussing homelessness with public fugures? Celebrities? Anyone besides complaining that nothing works?
Grassroots movements start at a local area and grow, particularly where government doesnt help. What have you done besides make an excuse for taking action? Do you really think that being a random person complaining on the internet is actually helping the people you say need help?
I noticed you didn't answer any of my questions. Just filled space with empty words.
Again, I ask, what have you done to help unhoused people? Besides finding excuses why it won't happen, then complaining nothing gets done.
What you don't seem to understand is sitting around comfy and cozy in your residence complaining about stuff doesn't actually solve anything.
What needs to happen is individuals, such as yourself, actually need to try and help the unhoused instead of crying that the government doesn't do enough or that people as a whole will never make it happen.
How much of your life has actually been spent assist8ng others instead of being cynical and doubting? How many excuses have you made up in order to not help? I get that complaining on the internet is "cool" nowadays, but with society growing larger, we need more people to help instead of crying and whining about every step of the process (see my previous comment about NIMBYs). But everyone just wants to complain and be seen as someone who cares instead of actually doing it.
So again, what have you done to help? Because being upset nothing/not enough is being done and finding excuses to not do anything is quite frankly, useless.
I don't think I purported to solve anything, nor was I particularly upset. Disappointed or resigned, probably. I think we've denied ourselves the possibility of fixing anything. I could probably be convinced of the possibility of meaningful improvement, but I'm mostly skeptical.
I don't really do anything, other than giving food and whatever else the food pantry people ask for. I guess I theoretically try to improve the homeless vet problem, before they're vets...
