Re:Squatting in Spain: Understanding Spain's "okupas" problem
by kjkjadksj on Friday June 07, 2024 @11:26AM
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If you don’t have your basic needs met there are options beyond squatting and exploiting laws surrounding it. I’m sure Spain has public services that are much better than the US if the train network is any proxy for effective governance. There’s presumably training opportunities to upskill both formal and informal. All this to say the person who is squatting is probably not someone who lacks any other option but someone who is exploiting a condition and potentially tied to organized crime to boot.
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Re:Squatting in Spain: Understanding Spain's "okupas" problem
by kerkeslager on Friday June 14, 2024 @11:07AM
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> If you don’t have your basic needs met there are options beyond squatting and exploiting laws surrounding it.
Links?
> I’m sure Spain has public services that are much better than the US if the train network is any proxy for effective governance.
Maybe you should be less sure.
> There’s presumably training opportunities to upskill both formal and informal.
Just because something can be presumed does not mean one should presume it.
> All this to say the person who is squatting is probably not someone who lacks any other option but someone who is exploiting a condition and potentially tied to organized crime to boot.
Seems like what you think is probable isn't based in much evidence.