r/Eugene • u/El_Bistro • Aug 04 '22

Dealing with the Homeless Crisis starter pack META

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u/warrenfgerald Aug 04 '22

Some others...

"This is the result of capitalism" - Which is odd because the homeless problem is worse in places where government is more involved in housing policies. The very places where the free market is not allowed to function.

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"Its like this everywhere" - Its not. Travel around the country and see for yourself.

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u/Houseofducks224 Aug 04 '22

Read Engels. Homelessness is a byproduct of capitalism. It has been this way since the 1820s.

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u/warrenfgerald Aug 04 '22

I have read Engels and Marx, and many other socialist thinkers and they are horribly wrong about the labor theory of value and many other things. Marx was also laughably wrong about the inevitable fall of capitalism. Marx was a decent philosopher but a terrible economist.

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u/Danae-rain Aug 04 '22

It ain't over til it's over. When end stage capitalism leaves millions with nothing left to lose we will see what happens.

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u/TheLordofAskReddit Aug 04 '22

Pretty sure there were homeless people before capitalism