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Communist Filth/Capitalist Filth (lemmy.ml)
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Rather, the USSR criminalized being homeless and not being engaged in socially-productive labor; people that were homeless ended up in prisons and were labelled as parasites.

Swap USSR with USA and the statement remains true. Though Im sure the degree of severity was much greater in the USSR.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

That's kind of true in some parts of the US, indirectly. Some places criminalize not being homeless but all the things that are the result of being homeless like sleeping outside or in public places. But there are a lot of places in the US that do provide for the homeless. New York City has a right to housing provision, for example.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

If homeless people go to prison in this country, why have I never seen one arrested? Why are they … not in prison but rather sleeping on the street?

I’m not sure what you’re trying to claim here, as what you’re claiming is obviously false based on my day to day experience in the US

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

If homeless people go to prison in this country, why have I never seen one arrested?

this is selection bias, obviously