anyway jeff bezos could eradicate homelessness. he could literally give each homeless person 100k and it would only take less than .5% of his entire wealth. what the actual god giving fuck
Why do you think they deserve it
Well shelter is a basic need, and would at the very least allow them a place where they can get back on their feet. Food water and shelter are necessary for a healthy body and psychology. There’s also the fact that they’re people too, and a little help goes a long way in making a decent community. There’s plenty of reasons
Yeah they need stuff, but why does every homeless person deserve 0.5% of someone’s income
You have five hundred apples, and just one day to eat them all.
You pass by a small crowd of hungry children, and decide you’d rather 455 apples go rotten than give them to some snotty brat who isn’t your problem.
It doesn’t matter how hard you’ve worked for your 500 apples, or that you aren’t the parent of any of those kids. in the moment you decide to walk away, it doesn’t matter why they’re hungry, or who owes who what.
You had the opportunity to help people, you had the ability to help people, you had the resources to help people. You had everything you needed to make a small, tiny little difference in someone’s life, and you decided not to.
What are you going to buy in your lifetime that’s worth more to you than your own humanity?
What are you going to buy in your lifetime that’s worth more to you than your own humanity
Reblogging for the very, very important lesson
Tag: empathy
Things I’ve learned being homeless for three months
· things like salt and butter become luxuries
· without an adress, it’s very hard to get your life in order
· toilet paper $6, bread $2, canned beans $2. $10 is one week of living off of bread with beans and being able to go to the bathroom.
· just to apply for unemployment and/or disability is an entire day job.
· the system is set up against you
· you suddenly understand all the hobos on the streets, and you would give them money if you had any
· people will humiliate you, look down on you, hurt you and offend you, just because of your living situation.
· you realize that a lot more people than you think are homeless
· homeless does not mean uneducated
· homeless does not mean dysfunctional, sick, or incapable
· There are homeless people everywhere. You can’t see on someone that they’re homeless; they can still attend college, drive a car and dress nice. Most of us look like you, and many of us have degrees and jobs.
Always remember.
The Doctor Is Out 