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Originally Posted by djforsberg
Its scary because that homeless person can be one of us, or a friend, or a family member. My brother is on the verge of becoming one of those people. I don't know what the video concludes is the problem and I might watch it when I have the chance, but I know what the problem is and I may trigger some people here who are afraid of any kind of criticism of capitalism. It doesn't take a genius to conclude that the rise of housing costs, the stagnation of wages, and the utter meaningless of our profit-driven society has turned people to drugs and the streets. This is what economic inequality looks like, despite what some posters suggest is not a Canadian problem.
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The premise of the video is that homelessness is the result of the failure of governments to deal with the root problems of addictions and mental illness. I totally agree with that. The Government would rather give someone a tent than have sufficient addiction treatment.