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Re:California Spent $17B on Homelessness. It’s Not Working by bluGill on Friday June 02, 2023 @03:42PM (#36169866)
That has been tried before. We stopped doing it because of how horrible it was. The homeless are better off than in the institutions of old.

I don't know if modern institutions could be better. However we know they failed in the past. If you want to propose them again, you need to provide some proof that they new ones will be better than the old.

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Re:California Spent $17B on Homelessness. It’s Not Working by vdqtp3 on Friday June 02, 2023 @03:56PM (#36169983)
> The homeless are better off than in the institutions of old.

Well, I'm glad someone is because everyone else seems to be worse off as a result

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Re:California Spent $17B on Homelessness. It’s Not Working by hnaccount141 on Friday June 02, 2023 @05:15PM (#36170833)
> Well, I'm glad someone is because everyone else seems to be worse off as a result

Fortunately mass incarceration and just doing nothing aren't the only two options.

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