re: This is what downtown San Francisco looks like right now

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Interesting post, and I had not heard of that before. But found this:

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go and look at most of the things that are the big talking points by the left (and i mean modern left, not classic liberals) and think how you could have applied the Cloward-Piven Strategy to make it worse.

welfare
immigration
healthcare
costs of college
cost of gas

the entire idea is overwhelm something to point that your average voter thinks "this isn't working for me. burn it down." when the government is actually the one that made it not work for you.

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I guess you don't realize that 99% of homeless are homeless because of their dependency on drugs, do you? And almost 0% of homelessness has to do with someone losing their job due to economic downturn, right? Why don't you do some research since you are a San Fran resident,

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I’m well aware of the relationship between drugs and homelessness as I see it often (The link to mental health is also robust). But I specifically mentioned the increase in homelessness in recent years because it relates to an exogenous shock that led to thousands of people not being able to work in tourism, restaurants, and bars. To assume that a newly homeless person is only homeless because they are addicted to drug abuse seems flawed. Many people live paycheck to paycheck and when that paycheck stops they often don’t have financial reserves to cover those expenses.

I’ll definitely read up on what Mr. Shellenberger has to say on the topic but my commented was not related to homelessness more generally.

third world goverment at work

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I’ll definitely read up on what Mr. Shellenberger has to say on the topic but my commented was not related to homelessness more generally.

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i do highly recommend Shellenberger. he's not hard right by any means, and does genuinely care.

he had a great quote on Rogan about homelessness that has stuck with me.

"i'm not opposed to a carrot and stick when it comes to the homeless, but you have to have the stick."

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To assume that a newly homeless person is only homeless because they are addicted to drug abuse seems flawed. Many people live paycheck to paycheck and when that paycheck stops they often don’t have financial reserves to cover those expenses.

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i believe his findings were that 90+% were mental issues or drug addiction in the homeless population. most people that are there because they lost a job were either in shelters or back on their feet fairly quickly.