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by archagon 55 days ago
The American mindset: “if they’re homeless, they clearly did something wrong and/or deserve it.”
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xrd 55 days ago
Right, despite the biggest cause of homelessness: medical debt.
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nslsm 55 days ago
Citation needed.
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HWR_14 55 days ago
Medical debt is the biggest cause of bankruptcies. I assume bankruptcy and homelessness are correlated, but I haven't seen stats on homelessness.
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Gabriel54 55 days ago
I certainly do not agree with that. My point is that this article itself conflates homelessness and addiction, which I think is a serious error.
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archagon 55 days ago
I know. I mean this is the mindset that causes this conflation in the first place.
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Schiendelman 55 days ago
What specific information makes you think that?
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