• Bennyboybumberchums@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    should be cross posted with “fuck billionaires”. Musk could end homelessness in the US and UK, and still have more than half his current worth left. But corrupt politicians are still lining up to give him money.

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      Friendly reminder that there are far more unused homes in the US than homeless people

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        5 days ago

        Also a friendly reminder that if every US church were to house 2 homeless people, homelessness would be ended.

      • Bennyboybumberchums@lemmy.world
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        End homelessness = buy everyone a home.

        But the point was more about the fact that he could buy every single homeless person in two countries a house, and still have more than half his current wealth. In your desire to be contrarian, you miss the actual point.

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        5 days ago

        Send like a cool thing to attempt.

        Like even if someone still wants to sleep outside, a safe place to store your shit so it stays dry seems pretty dope. A place you can show up to when the temperature drops and your shivering and just sleep at with no strings attached…

        Shelter is one of our basic needs, kind of like food and water… Seems like our basics shouldn’t be driven by profit.