If the homeless spend it on liquor, good for them, a slight reprieve and numbing of the pain our society inflicts on them 24/7 for the crime of being sub-optimal capital batteries.
I fully agree with you, expect for this part. Not because I want to control what they do with the money, but because I don’t want to give means to substances that will most likely extend how long they are in that situation.
I know the US has very little social services, but substance use is often comorbid with homelessness. In that way, how can I give money – in good conscious – to someone I’d be worried could be making their situation worse? Or should I just accept that everyone has free will and that they themselves know what’s best for their futures?
Fun fact: seeing how capitalists took the one thing that would save their system and make everyone (at least within the country) happy is what pushed me over to actually wanting a full on revolution. Like they’re not even willing to do the bare minimum to save themselves if it means throwing even a few scraps to the common man in a scheme that ultimately benefits them. Fuck them. They don’t deserve to have any of it.
I fully agree with you, expect for this part. Not because I want to control what they do with the money, but because I don’t want to give means to substances that will most likely extend how long they are in that situation.
I know the US has very little social services, but substance use is often comorbid with homelessness. In that way, how can I give money – in good conscious – to someone I’d be worried could be making their situation worse? Or should I just accept that everyone has free will and that they themselves know what’s best for their futures?
https://amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/sep/27/canada-study-homelessness-money
Fun fact: seeing how capitalists took the one thing that would save their system and make everyone (at least within the country) happy is what pushed me over to actually wanting a full on revolution. Like they’re not even willing to do the bare minimum to save themselves if it means throwing even a few scraps to the common man in a scheme that ultimately benefits them. Fuck them. They don’t deserve to have any of it.
That’s nice news, but a promised UBI must undoubtedly give a different result than randomly receiving smaller sums?
By that logic you should never buy anything because you’re funding the coke addiction of every single CEO.