Wednesday, January 11, 2023
To be sure , no city or state governments are " killing with love " the homeless population !
Josh Saal definitely showed no talent for his job as Housing CZAR - and not much empathy . But he can easily be made a scapegoat here. What can any Housing CZAR do for the growing homeless population within the economic structure of capitalism and sacrosanct landlord PRIVATE PROPERTY rights ? Were MILLIONS of dollars really made readily available to him to rescue homeless people ?
Perhaps there should be a congressional investigation of corruption in the Rhode Island Democratic Party ?
Is that all cold hearted capitalism can offer the chronically homeless -this shameful , shabby treatment ? Behold the description on 630 WPRO radio this morning of the filth , drug addiction disorder , and lawlessness at the Cranston Armory . True , homeless animals get more compassionate treatment. To be sure , no city or state governments are " killing with love " the homeless population.
None of the individuals officially concerned with homeless people ever mention IRRATIONAL capitalism as the root of the problem
The news this morning ( Jan.11 , 2023 )on 630WPRO is that this newly created " shelter " for homeless people in Greater Providence area - the Cranston Street Armory - has quickly turned into a nightmare of filth and drug addiction disorder and overcrowded chaos.
I note that none of the concerned and compassionate radio talk show hosts , none of the interviewed " bleeding heart " ( ? ) advocates for homeless, certainly not the now daily ridiculed Housing CZAR Josh Saal , ever make a reference to the intrinsic problems of a rapidly decaying, cold hearted and insanely irrational capitalist system.
As a longtime independent democratic socialist I think there is no solution to this homeless people nightmare as long as landlord PRIVATE PROPERTY rights are sacrosanct .
Immediately there should be a public demand ( most of us are not enterprising landlords or smug capitalists ) for RENT CONTROL . The federal government could make so many of its resources available to the homeless population.
The deinstitutionalization of the mentally ill decades ago has proved to be a human catastrophe , a " progressive " idiot crime against humanity.
It will take an AUTHORITARIAN government -on the right or on the left - to declare that homelessness - apart from people on the move in transition - is AGAINST THE LAW.
A democratic socialist government would simply commandeer unused or misused, often VACANT, capitalist private property.
Ultimately it would put an end to the irrational FOR PROFIT economic system. And no doubt with the complete support of the vast majority of working class and lower middle class Americans.
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