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by CryptoPunk 2764 days ago
Our families chose to have us. In the vast majority of families, children are biological progeny of the parents, and so carry their parents genes into the future.

The fact that you're trying to compare disjointed people within a nation to a family where parents support their own children really shows the amount of non-voluntary collectivism you want to impose on society.

>>I assume you live in SF and have generalized all homelessness to what you see in certain parts of SF?

I realize that not all homeless are loitering drug addicts, but they form a significant percentage of the chronically homeless, and a situation where no-strings-attached aid is provided to them at the expense of the taxpayer, while others make the sacrifices to be independent through back-breaking work, is unjust.

It's not just a matter of competence. It's also a matter of choice. Some people choose to take responsibility. Some don't.