| > If we actually understood that people literally died of not having enough money, or of lack of willpower to deal with a bureaucracy, or of homelessness, or of their mental state, there’s every chance that something might change. if you actually understood the implications of following your logic, please take a moment to explain: why do people not have enough money? do some people waste away whatever time and money they have? do some people fail to develop any marketable skills? are some people just incapable of rendering valuable labor or service to anyone? what percentage of those without money fit into that hopeless category? what should be done about those people? why does money exist in the first place? how do we ensure that everybody will "have enough money"? why do people lack willpower? why do bureaucracies exist and what is the alternative? why does homelessness exist? do people in dire straits often reject help? do people in dire straits often make things worse for themselves? how do we force people to stop doing that? why do people have differing mental states? that's just for a start. then answer those questions in context of each individual life and death. but that won't be necessary if one thinks that all homeless are just "the homeless", or that all poor people are just "the poor". but that would be oversimplification and "heavily missing information" in many cases, don't you think? |