A Boring Dystopia

12903 readers

1089 users here now

Pictures, Videos, Articles showing just how boring it is to live in a dystopic society, or with signs of a dystopic society.

Rules (Subject to Change)

--Be a Decent Human Being

--Posting news articles: include the source name and exact title from article in your post title

--If a picture is just a screenshot of an article, link the article

--If a video's content isn't clear from title, write a short summary so people know what it's about.

--Posts must have something to do with the topic

--Zero tolerance for Racism/Sexism/Ableism/etc.

--No NSFW content

--Abide by the rules of lemmy.world

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

givesomefucks@lemmy.world

119

'Look, there’s nowhere else to go': Inside California’s crackdown on homeless camps (calmatters.org)

submitted 3 months ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world

3 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] DeLacue@lemmy.world 24 points 3 months ago (1 children)

There are only two ways for the homeless to stop being homeless; they get a somewhere to live or they die. Banning homeless camps accomplishes nothing but cruelty. Which of course is the point

[–] boatswain@infosec.pub 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

The problem is that it really has to be addressed at the national level. Otherwise, places with better social services and less extreme weather (like the big cities on the west coast) get overwhelmed by more transient homeless than their systems can handle--and that's even without Texas or whoever shipping busloads more in..