San Francisco right now
“If we’re being honest, they pay you to be homeless here”

They also let you sell fentanyl to children —->
“Listen to the homeless”

Yes, let’s
Here’s what schoolchildren see:

How do you get civilized people to dismantle their civilization?

Mostly by asking for an inch, and taking a mile.

Consider a few examples of how it’s been done.
Point out the abuses in psychiatric hospitals.

Ask that they be replaced with community-based clinics.

Then, demand that they be shut down *before* you create the clinics.

After you have some clinics, make them optional.
Defend the “right” of people with schizophrenia to live out of grocery carts, sleep on the street, and become addicted to hard drugs.

When anyone questions whether that’s humane or safe, call them a fascist.
Point out the problems with police departments, jails, and prisons.

Ask that they be replaced with social workers, cashless bail, and voluntary drug treatment.

Then, demand that they be shut down *before* replacing them.
Deny and downplay rising crime as long as possible before excusing it as necessary to social justice.

When anyone questions whether such policies are fair or safe, call them a racist and fascist.
Point out the problems with homeless shelters.

Ask that they be replaced with free, unconditional housing.

Then, deprive the shelters of sufficient funding to operate safely and with sufficient beds.
After you have some shelters and housing, make them optional.

If anyone suggests it’s not safe to let the untreated mentally ill and drug addicts sleep outside, denounce them as a fascist and racist.

Repeat these steps with every institution needed for civilization to function.
People sometimes say, “Oh, well, you really had to go looking for that!”

LOL, no. Just walk around.

James, above, with the face tattoos, was the first person I interviewed. I had literally parked my car 30 seconds before

Ben, above, came up to me, and asked to be interviewed
San Francisco is home to multiple “open drug scenes.” The word “homeless” is a propaganda word designed to trick your brain into seeing what is at bottom a drug problem as a housing problem. While SF enables open drug scenes, Europeans shut theirs down:

bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…
San Francisco spends over $1B per year on 8,000 “homeless” people.
"Residents of Portland, Oregon with physical disabilities have filed a lawsuit accusing the city of violating the Americans with Disabilities Act by failing to clear homeless encampments from city sidewalks."

dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1…

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