• Simon_Shitewood@lemmy.ml
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    1 day ago

    And yet losing your job can still quiet easily lead to homelessness. “There are capitalist countries where that doesn’t happen” isn’t an argument if it does in fact happen in those capitalist countries. We might have better safety nets, but they are band-aids that only slow the function of capitalism, they don’t solve it’s inherent problems.

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      21 hours ago

      In Germany they will pay your rent indefinitely - as long as you’re trying to find a job. Some people abuse the system, of course, but in general works well and you see very little people sleepng on the street.

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          6 hours ago

          The Federal Government acknowledges that homelessness in Germany is caused by multiple factors, “such as financial, domestic, and individual psychosocial reasons” and that it is not merely rooted in the lack of affordable accommodation.

          It’s a free country, if you want to be homeless, or you have mental health issues you don’t want to treat, the government cannot force you into a house.