The homeless encampments in Los Angeles are tragic.
I still can't believe this exists in such a wealthy city in such a wealthy country.
It's hard to get over it... Witnessing some gnarly stuff out here. 😟
I've been to 100+ cities in 35 countries, and the most desperate and depressing homelessness I've seen is in LA and San Francisco.
In other places, it's primarily purely poverty driven, but in Cali it's combined with severe mental issues, drugs, bizarre polices, and apathy.
I've seen some miserable stuff on my travels and it's quite hard to shock me, but the California major city situation is truly shocking. Yet people here act like it's normal and acceptable...
It's hard to describe it. You have to witness it first hand.
I am not convinced that the actions of governments around the world have saved more lives than they destroyed over the last 18 months...
It's feasible that them doing absolutely nothing would have led to a similar or better overall result - all things considered.
I've thought about this a lot. I believe the vast majority of govt rules and policies have been a net negative.
Many have directly and indirectly harmed or killed people.
Strong suggestions to 'wash your hands, take vitamin D, and lose weight' would have been more effective.
It was known from March/April 2020 that it was elderly people and those with major co-morbidities who were high risk.
Instead of being calm, sensible, and trying to prioritise and protect said individuals (as many smart people suggested), they shut down the whole planet.
If Donald Trump had pushed for 'vaccine passports' then 100% of Americans who are currently in favour of them, would be opposed to them.
And 100% of Americans who are currently opposed to them, would still be opposed to them.
You know this is true.
They would have called him a 'fascist', compared him to Hitler, made Holocaust comparisons, and called it 'The New Jim Crow'.
And this time, they would have had a decent point...
A lot of people on 'the left' support these measures now simply because they believe they're sticking it to 'Trump supporters' and 'right wing anti-vaxx conspiracy theorists'.
Meanwhile, they're sticking it mainly to Black Americans, immigrants, and all sorts of others. 🤷🏿♂️