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A Boring Dystopia

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[–] Halosheep@lemm.ee -5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Is it the subway's job to house the homeless?

[–] bane_killgrind@slrpnk.net 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] Halosheep@lemm.ee 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The subway making the decision to remove the benches is a failure of society. The homeless being homeless isn't the subway's fault or responsibility, but keeping the subway clean and safeis.

The point I'm trying to make is, complaining that the subway is trying to solve their immediate problem instead of solving major societal issues is not going to resolve anything.

[–] bane_killgrind@slrpnk.net 6 points 2 weeks ago

.... Yeah it is. The subway is run by the municipalities, the municipalities are responsible for housing as part of their scope of governance and by virtue of being part of society.

The subway should quantify costs to the municipality of inadequate services for the homeless. Then the municipality can justify expenditure for programs that will save them money. Same with libraries, community centers etc