'They're clearing out the homeless people': San Francisco gets ready for arrival of world leaders
https://www.yahoo.com/news/theyre-clearing-homeless-people-san-202319014.htmlOpen linkView original on lemmy.worldSyndicated from the fediverse. Read and engage on the original instance.
View original on lemmy.world
https://www.yahoo.com/news/theyre-clearing-homeless-people-san-202319014.htmlOpen linkView original on lemmy.world
4 replies
Awe how wholesome, I can see a city council member now "You're not Homeless, because home is wherever you make it"*
*No not there. Over there, where we don't have to look at you
Tbh, this is really consistent with the modern US way of dealing with problems. I've come around to calling it bandaidism, because it's all about just slapping a non-solution (band-aid) on and "managing" any problem rather than actually fixing it. Others have pointed out that there's much more money in managing a problem than fixing it, and I think that's a big part of it. The other half of the equation is that the people who want to fix the problem will never ever get enough money or resources to actually fix the issue, so they're forced to choose between managing the issue with their best efforts and intentions through non-solutions or doing nothing.
Well I for one am shocked they're clearing out the homeless in "Clearing Out the Homeless City"
"What homeless?!"