change my view: being homeless in a first world country is a choice

[MysteriousWeeb420]

.

[numb digger]

lets just not do this, okay?

[MysteriousWeeb420]

i just dont see how someone can earnestly try their hardest to add value to society for 8 hours every day and not get anywhere

they give up, ergo its a choice

[RetrudedMaxilla]

numb digger

working class

[Altruist]

numb digger

FUCKING. REPPED.

[numb digger]

i just dont see how someone can earnestly try their hardest to add value to society for 8 hours every day and not get anywhere

they give up, ergo its a choice

because the bar to participate in the economy gets raised every year as new technology emerges

[numb digger]

FUCKING. REPPED.

tnx

[Mr Looks]

>implying free will exists

[MysteriousWeeb420]

because the bar to participate in the economy gets raised every year as new technology emerges

yeah because clicking buttons on a computer is so much harder than smithing and carpentry

[numb digger]

yeah because clicking buttons on a computer is so much harder than smithing and carpentry

where can i get a job clicking buttons on a computer?

you think they just hire anyone?

[MysteriousWeeb420]

where can i get a job clicking buttons on a computer?

you think they just hire anyone?

anyonw who tries 8 hours a day ad infinitum, yeah

[numb digger]

anyonw who tries 8 hours a day ad infinitum, yeah

i don't see it happening, sorry

[sin]

its a good choice imo. paying rent is a scam. and if ur homeless u can legit just walk to a nice area where theres no crime and sleep in the park or some shit and it will be better than having a house in a dirthole

[Honest]

There are circumstances where a person may temporarily become homeless against their wishes in the first world. If this was true, then it would refute the statement that "being homeless in a first world country is a choice". However, long term homelessness does appear to be a choice.

But then... is a person who has extreme mental health issues or heavy drug addiction able to comprehend that their actions are preventing them from having a roof over their head? Such cases would indicate that first world homelessness may be a matter of severe incompetence, rather than a choice.

As for long term homelessness affecting sane individuals in the first world (the UK, at least), it does indeed seem to be a choice. Of course, you could get into the semantics of what exactly constitutes a "choice"...

[Honest]

Homelessness could be a very legit strat, especially in warmer countries