You are getting downvoted but you are unabashedly correct. The rhetorical goals behind the post are noble, but the suggested solution is infeasible that verges on laughable.
Homeless people need to live in homes, of which there are plenty being hoarded vacant by the ultra wealthy, not churches.
Homes for the homeless fixes homelessness. Guess what giving a homeless person a church to live in makes them? Still homeless.
In the worst case interpretation, this meme is using churches as a polemical meat shield to protect neoliberal and corporate interests.
Sotuanduso@lemm.ee 2 months ago
I do not understand these downvotes. Like how dare you see churches that actually help the poor like they’re supposed to?
ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 2 months ago
It’s people downvoting because “Religion = bad”.
When in reality it should be “Religion = institutions and instructions can be either good or bad or mix of both.”
spujb@lemmy.cafe 2 months ago
It hurts because a good number of religions DO = bad, but we lack the intellectual vigor to identify which ones and call on their downfall. An the result is we get blanket statements and assumptions that do nothing but give a pass of diversion to immoral soul sucking capitalists, all of whom are directly responsible for the housing crisis.
spujb@lemmy.cafe 2 months ago
Knee jerk emotional voting. People don’t like seeing information that contradicts their deeply rooted beliefs, and downvoting is emotionally less costly than performing self-investigation.
Don’t get me wrong I would love if every problem in America could be patched by taxing some sussy non profits. But there’s no evidence for that.
At best it’s a comfy position that lets you “not my problem” your way through life, at worst it’s propganda to divert attention from the system of capital that is actually keeping the lower class unhoused and constantly struggling.
Not trying to be a smartass here, it’s genuinely just human nature to choose an emotionally efficient worldview. One-on-one conversations and counter propoganda are one solution to getting folks to see truth. It just takes energy.