Comment on Is it normal that I feel pretty bad for ignoring homeless people begging for money?
zkfcfbzr@lemmy.world 10 months ago
While some people do fake it or some people may actually be too lazy, on the whole attributing homelessness to personality flaws or moral failings is just a coping strategy for lots of people - lies they tell themselves to make the situation be despicable instead of pitiful. Most homeless people aren’t faking it, and most homeless people wouldn’t be homeless if they had any choice in the matter. Many of them are homeless due to poor or temporary circumstances, many others due to mental health issues combined with lacking a support system.
MudMan@kbin.social 10 months ago
This is the one of very few remotely empathetic takes here and it still feels a need to preface with "some people do fake it".
I am hoping I stumbled upon a meme, because if not, holy crap.
justgohomealready@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
Some beggars do indeed see it as a job and make substantial money, that is just a fact. Doesn’t mean that there are not people in real desperate situations and needing any help they can get.