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Swap USSR with USA and the statement remains true. Though Im sure the degree of severity was much greater in the USSR.
Sure are a lot of homeless people not in prison for what you're claiming.
I was homeless and police literally made up a reason to put me in jail and label me as a felon to make me be cheap labor when I plead guilty just to get out. No fair and speedy trial during COVID. I live in the US.
What the law tells you it's doing and what they're actually doing are very different. Don't try to tell me different because I'm a first hand example. If you're interested in the full story, let me know and I can do a Discord call or something.
If homeless people go to prison in this country, why have I never seen one arrested? Why are they … not in prison but rather sleeping on the street?
I’m not sure what you’re trying to claim here, as what you’re claiming is obviously false based on my day to day experience in the US
this is selection bias, obviously
That's kind of true in some parts of the US, indirectly. Some places criminalize not being homeless but all the things that are the result of being homeless like sleeping outside or in public places. But there are a lot of places in the US that do provide for the homeless. New York City has a right to housing provision, for example.