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Do you think homeless people are responsible for the situation they are in? (thelemmy.club)
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In your humble opinion, are the majority of the homeless people responsible for the situation they are in? IOW: do they deserve to be homeless, because it is their personal failure or do they not, because they are a victim of the circumstances (the reasons they are where they are are largely out of their control)? Have you ever talked to homeless people? Are they really just "bad people" and "will never change" or are they hardworking individuals who've just had a punch by life that they were unable to stand after?

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[–] 7 points 10 hours ago

Are they completely free of responsibility? Of course not. Did they wake up one day and say "I'm going to become homeless, see what all the fuss is about."? Of course not.

I'm going to assume that nearly every person who's homeless has some external factors like genetics (addiction, mental health etc), and some poor choices that led them to that situation. It's very likely that a lot of the poor choices have their root in the mental health problems.

It's exceptionally difficult to succeed in this world when you don't have the tools to navigate it. A bad day for you might be permanently devastating for someone else.

I guarantee they have some disadvantage other people don't.

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