• Charapaso@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    What if the road to becoming “functional” requires, at least in a plurality of cases, help from those that can afford it?

    That “free shit” might be what helps them turn their life around. Do you think they have a better chance to improve their station in life if they don’t have access to support from the public?

    I wholly reject that it’s somehow dehumanizing to give folks food and shelter during the worst moments in their lives.

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      3 months ago

      Feel free to feed, house and finance a homeless person.

      You tell me how it goes.

      Be the change you wish to see in society.

      You talk like it’s somehow my responsibility to fix other people.

      It’s not.

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        3 months ago

        Nowhere in my comment did I suggest that, because it would be a silly way to deal with such a big problem. It takes a lot of training to help people in crisis, and a lot of infrastructure to get people on their feet.

        It’s not your responsibility alone, it’s not my responsibility alone. If you’d like to discuss any of the points I actually made, great. Otherwise you can try to oversimplify the discussion and I won’t respond anymore

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          3 months ago

          So why do you want to give my money to fund junkies and their addiction?

          You certainly want to make it my responsibility.