In your humble opinion, are the majority of the homeless people responsible for the situation they are in? IOW: do they deserve to be homeless, because it is their personal failure or do they not, because they are a victim of the circumstances (the reasons they are where they are are largely out of their control)? Have you ever talked to homeless people? Are they really just “bad people” and “will never change” or are they hardworking individuals who’ve just had a punch by life that they were unable to stand after?

  • qvi8dhqln@lemmy.worldOP
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    13 hours ago
    1. How do we define memtal illness? Is it just about anything that bars you from avhieving social success? Then doesn’t it fully eliminate the choice factor?
    2. Rightwingers would argue that starting drugs (and even continuing using on early stages) IS a choice.
    • velma@sh.itjust.works
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      3 hours ago

      Rightwingers would argue that starting drugs (and even continuing using on early stages) IS a choice.

      Why are you arguing for them then? Addiction is well documented, it’s not like we don’t have any information on how drug dependence happens or how it influences people’s decisions.