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Farmer-Rick

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34. Yeah, sort of

Wed Jan 4, 2023, 11:50 PM

Jan 2023

A well running and fair democracy is almost indistinguishable from socialism. The problem is if you allow capitalism to run amuck, you have no democracy and are left with an oligarchy looking out for only the filthy rich. Like what we got in the US.

Giving homes to those who can not afford to buy homes is definitely Not capitalism. It's exactly what socialism would do.

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What if everyone without a home was given one? [View all] True Dough Jan 2023 OP

Republican heads would spin. CentralMass Jan 2023 #1

Wow. FM123 Jan 2023 #2

It Would Help Some People RobinA Jan 2023 #3

Wouldn't that be wonderful. bamagal62 Jan 2023 #4

Some homeless folks are too mentally unstable to live on their own jmbar2 Jan 2023 #5

That's where the counseling comes in. ChazInAz Jan 2023 #7

Not just mentally unstable, I would have been considered homeless for 3 years. friend of a friend Jan 2023 #9

Yeah, and you should'a been euthanized. jaxexpat Jan 2023 #12

That's funny. friend of a friend Jan 2023 #31

Great response. Sometimes people can take things so wrongly. It's a world of traps in show biz. jaxexpat Jan 2023 #33

welcome to DU gopiscrap Feb 2023 #47

Yes they need mental health treatment. The Jungle 1 Jan 2023 #17

Housing first is the way. WhiskeyGrinder Jan 2023 #6

Utah is trying same-provide home with no conditions duhneece Jan 2023 #8

This has been working in Utah for quite a while now. I cannot conceive of why Scrivener7 Jan 2023 #13

the results of that program are vastly over-hyped. maxsolomon Jan 2023 #27

indeed. but here its called greed. the land mafia is really working hard on that . AllaN01Bear Jan 2023 #10

There are some homeless that prefer to live in the streets JI7 Jan 2023 #11

When people refuse shelter that's offered, it's usually because the shelter comes with conditions WhiskeyGrinder Jan 2023 #16

Not to mention many shelters in the US are more dangerous than living on the street... Wounded Bear Jan 2023 #21

Or they have to be 'clean and sober' duhneece Jan 2023 #40

In Liberal Los Angeles people protest against housing like this. Just recently residents protested JI7 Jan 2023 #14

+1 appalachiablue Jan 2023 #25

NIMBY duhneece Jan 2023 #41

BUT BUT BUT The Jungle 1 Jan 2023 #15

That's awesome. That's all I will say right now. judesedit Jan 2023 #18

As JFK said, "Why not?" orangecrush Jan 2023 #19

What's the effect on inflation in housing market? Loki Liesmith Jan 2023 #20

SATW had a strip about this a while back markbark Jan 2023 #22

Socialism at its best. Farmer-Rick Jan 2023 #23

That's not socialism. It's a social safety net -- government of, by, and for the people. Hermit-The-Prog Jan 2023 #24

Yeah, sort of Farmer-Rick Jan 2023 #34

Socialism is society owning and administering production and distribution of goods. Hermit-The-Prog Jan 2023 #35

No, what you describe as socialism is more like communism Farmer-Rick Jan 2023 #37

No, what I described is the very definition of socialism. Hermit-The-Prog Jan 2023 #38

That's not socialism. Elessar Zappa Jan 2023 #30

Of course it's Socialism Farmer-Rick Jan 2023 #36

Bravo Finland, they also have one of the top education systems in the world. And appalachiablue Jan 2023 #26

I encourage everyone to look at the article to see the scale of Finland's program. maxsolomon Jan 2023 #28

Great idea that should be implemented at once. Kid Berwyn Jan 2023 #29

We've been providing subsidized housing to homeless for...ever. Hortensis Jan 2023 #32

Good Meowmee Jan 2023 #39

Finish population less than 6 million, U.S. more than 334 million. betsuni Jan 2023 #42

Conversely, True Dough Jan 2023 #43

Different culture, country size, population, politics, history. betsuni Jan 2023 #44

There will always be naysayers True Dough Jan 2023 #46

"4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life." myohmy2 Jan 2023 #45