Discussion An irony of starvation in the US

[FTL.Wanderer]

Some homeless and poor literally starve to death despite wanting food, but prisoners who want to starve themselves to death are ... force fed...

1. https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-xpm-2008-02-01-0802010452-story.html
2. Versus a not uncommon sentiment about the homeless: https://empirenews.net/fort-lauderdale-law-created-to-kill-homeless-people-via-starvation/

 

[Chlo]

Wow. That's messed up. The councilman in the second article is one of the worst kinds of people.

 

[LiveSlowDieFast]

Wow. That's messed up. The councilman in the second article is one of the worst kinds of people.

The second article is satire, although sadly the ordinance mentioned genuinely did exist, although it was struck down in court

http://www.wlrn.org/post/appeals-court-rules-against-fort-lauderdales-food-sharing-ban

 

[Chlo]

The second article is satire, although sadly the ordinance mentioned genuinely did exist, although it was struck down in court

http://www.wlrn.org/post/appeals-court-rules-against-fort-lauderdales-food-sharing-ban

Ha oh! I feel dumb.

 

[Final Escape]

Some homeless and poor literally starve to death despite wanting food, but prisoners who want to starve themselves to death are ... force fed...

1. https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-xpm-2008-02-01-0802010452-story.html
2. Versus a not uncommon sentiment about the homeless: https://empirenews.net/fort-lauderdale-law-created-to-kill-homeless-people-via-starvation/

When u are incarcerated, the state makes money off of u for being in there, so they will make u eat to keep u alive. When people want to freely give charity to the homeless or needy the government doesn't like this because there's no benefit to them. Voluntary charity is discouraged because they can't tax or control the mutual exchange between the two parties. Plus they don't like homeless because u aren't benefiting this system in any way when you are homeless.

 

[FTL.Wanderer]

When u are incarcerated, the state makes money off of u for being in there, so they will make u eat to keep u alive. When people want to freely give charity to the homeless or needy the government doesn't like this because there's no benefit to them. Voluntary charity is discouraged because they can't tax or control the mutual exchange between the two parties. Plus they don't like homeless because u aren't benefiting this system in any way when you are homeless.

Ah, but yet the myth of "freedom" persists.

 

[Final Escape]

Ah, but yet the myth of "freedom" persists.

Pretty much lol!