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Summary

Elon Musk has called homelessness a “lie” and “propaganda,” claiming advocacy groups profit from maintaining high homelessness rates.

Partnering with Donald Trump, Musk is pushing for drastic federal budget cuts targeting programs for vulnerable populations, including food stamps and healthcare.

Trump’s plan includes forcing unhoused individuals into treatment or institutionalization.

Critics argue these approaches criminalize homelessness while ignoring root causes like lack of affordable housing.

Homelessness in the U.S. has reached record levels, with 650,000 people affected in 2023, prompting calls for evidence-based solutions over punitive measures.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Elon is just one $400 billion hospital bill away from being homeless like the rest of us.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Isn't this just the exact opposite of the de-institutionization that happened during Kennedy back in the 1960's? Which Reagan then ruined in the 1980's by defunding the programs that supported the people who would previously be housed in a mental institution that were put forth by Carter?

Feels like it's just admitting Reagan fucked up. But trying to fix it by spending government money on rebuilding the mental institution system. Doesn't make any sense.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

Boycott Tesla. Loss of money is all he understands.

The rest doesn't mean shit to him.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I am already boycotting Tesla, I have for longer than Tesla has existed even. I'm also boycotting Mercedes, caviar, yearly vacations, home ownership...

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

It is real.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Just think how much more productive they'll be as prisoners working as slave labor. Why spend money fighting homelessness when you can make money off it instead? Everybody wins!

Well, everybody that matters anyway.

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[–] [email protected] 69 points 1 week ago (4 children)

"Have they no refuge or resource?" cried Scrooge.
"Are there no prisons?" said the Spirit, turning on him for the last time with his own words. "Are there no workhouses?"

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Wow, that's... Just wow.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

What complete and utter morons. Just like the majority of American voters.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

He's completely detached from reality.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Such ignorance. Has he never been down the CA coast? Homeless along the highways, on the beaches, 40,000 in LA alone.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 week ago

You can just tell these fucks have never been outside of an environment meticulously prepared for their pompous spoiled presence.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

He's, like, been outside, right?

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Easy for a billionaire to say.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

Sorta like Dejoy covering his ears when he doesn't want to hear something. They are at a child's maturity level.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Man, jus the absolute cruelty and heartlessness of this.

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 week ago

Depose Musk

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Here's my pipe dream

Shit gets worse, were all homeless, we protest, they sick AI drones to kill us but oopsie, the AI botnet escapes, decides ~1000 bullets is far more efficient than ~1B, and neutralizes wealth in a highly organized and efficient attack.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Or it could spiral, decide that if everyone’s dead no one can suffer anymore.

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 week ago

Fucking piece of shit. How are gonna stand this, bullshit....

[–] [email protected] 222 points 1 week ago (10 children)

Elon Musk is a certified piece of shit.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 41 points 1 week ago (1 children)

We've all agreed that cunt is not suitable to describe him as, per the Internet, "a cunt has warmth and depth"...two qualities that Elon clearly fucking lacks.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

I reserve your definition for vagina or pussy.

Elon is the coarse derogatory dried up sandy rocky Tanami desert Aussie version…

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[–] [email protected] 81 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Is there going to be room in the detention camps for the homeless?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's so easy to imagine camps where they implant the homeless with a neuralink chip, dress them up in an Optimus suit and put them to work in a mega factory.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I think you would like the movie "Sorry to Bother You".

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Those camps will be the answer to homelessness if these ghouls have their way.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago

They are having their way, there's no "if" anymore.

[–] [email protected] 72 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Instead of Jews, it's Hispanics. Instead of gypsies, it's the homeless. And instead of trans people....well that one is the same.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

What makes you think that Trump intends to spare the gypsies?

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 week ago (5 children)

We don't really have Roma people in the US.

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[–] [email protected] 44 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Fuck you, I kinda rely on that shit to feed my family because my employer doesnt give out any annual increases or anything. I also use the state health insurance and my wife uses other government assistance programs. Dudes really just want me to protest outside of the White House.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Dudes really just want me to protest outside of the White House.

Dudes want you to die.

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[–] [email protected] 232 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Homelessness couldn’t possibly be the result of late stage capitalism though, right?

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 week ago (3 children)
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[–] [email protected] 128 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's a result of any stage of capitalism

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 week ago (3 children)
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