The people who don’t view housing as a human right are those who believe they will always have housing.
They can’t fathom becoming disabled, losing their savings or their support network.
They can’t comprehend having everything ripped away from them.
They think they’re the exception.
They’re not.
People don’t plan for homelessness or disability.
It just takes one accident, illness or stroke of bad luck.
We all need and deserve a safety net.
@broadwaybabyto This gets pretty dark when you go into reasons why they believe they will always have housing.
I think you’re not taking into account several key pieces of brain research from the 2010’s.
Many of them actually believe some people shouldn’t have housing, and they deserve that.
People with brains that see the world through dominance/oppression group relationships, do not feel out-groups as fully human. Their empathy is selective.
This argument doesn’t work on them.
@gimulnautti @broadwaybabyto If there was a public facility like a capsule hotel in Japan, where anyone could go to get a shower, a meal, and a bed, a lot of the stress in this world would go away.
Extra points if it is clean and nice enough that business people use it too. If people who "could afford better" use public facilities, that is good.
@mike805 @gimulnautti @broadwaybabyto IMHO that is a sticking plaster, a palliative solution that does not address the root causes.
We need political solutions that provide a basic level of income together with rent controls and social housing plus universal healthcare.
Including affordable housing units that help people with disabilities live comfortably be they wheelchair accessible, suitable for blind people or peaceful enough for those suffering from mental health issues. And so on.
@mike805 @gimulnautti @broadwaybabyto I live in a relatively egalitarian society with social security some social housing, supported living for people who need help looking after themselves and universal healthcare.
But even here there are people who are not caught by the safety net.
When you lose your home and can find nowhere else to be then a bunch of other problems start appearing that make it harder to get your life on the right track again.
Everyone needs a safe place called home.
@gimulnautti @broadwaybabyto exactly that is the problem!
They are sociopathic af.
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