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Re:Can a universal basic income help address homelessness? by themitigating on Friday November 18, 2022 @08:40AM (#33654447)
This is the most eloquent summary of "bums are lazy".

I propose it's highly unlikely that a person who is living on streets is doing so simply because they are lazy.

Imagine freezing in the winter or sweating in the summer. How about worrying about finding food or how to be safe from unstable people, maybe even well off people who attack/kill the homeless. Your claim is that this is a choice out of a laziness and not a mental disorder or an inability to get a job outside of their control.

That's insane

Re:Can a universal basic income help address homelessness? by savanaly on Sunday November 20, 2022 @12:03PM (#33682762)
I never claimed any of that stuff you said I did. Are you continuing some other conversation you had elsewhere where the person said something more extreme than what I did without realizing it?