• myplacedk@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    Yes, I really can’t wrap my way around their way of thinking.

    There are people who have such big issues in life, and such bad options, that a bench in a park is their best option for a place to sleep. That is horrible, and something must be done. And politicians think removing their best option is a solution?

    If people can show enough compassion to invest in getting these people back on their feet, if you are really just going to ignore them - at least to that. Let them be.

    If we’re talking drunk people causing issues, and they need to learn to go home instead - then I’d get it. Not my preferred solution, but I’d get it.

    • merc@sh.itjust.works
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      1 day ago

      And politicians think removing their best option is a solution?

      Because it gets them votes. The politicians aren’t the problem, they merely reflect public attitudes.

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          17 hours ago

          What makes you think that the average politician is actually a leader, rather than just a follower who pays attention to polls? That would imply they have a spine, which seems unlikely.

          • Kangae_Hishiryo@scribe.disroot.org
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            51 minutes ago

            You have a good point, actually 🤣

            But people prefer to follow the one who “knows everything” and that never shows any kind of doubt or insecurity.

            C’mon, precisely because they’re in the “Dunning-Kruger” sector of the bell curve is why they can have a big influence in a lot of people.