• JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    Literally though. And there’s a whole practice of hostile architecture that makes it harder and more uncomfortable to be homeless.

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      The point of hostile architecture isn’t to solve homelessness, just to send them to the next block/town over (not saying you don’t understand that, just pointing it out).

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        1 year ago

        I wonder if hostile architecture also kills people. Increasing exposure to cold and reducing opportunities to rest doesn’t seem good for your chances for survival. I guess that would solve homelessness, but in the worst most morbid way possible.

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          You’re absolutely right in your suspicion. Like so many “let’s punish the poor and vulnerable so they’ll stop being poor and vulnerable” policies that people think are just a “righteous” inconvenience, hostile architecture DOES kill people.

          It’s social murder just so the more fortunate don’t have to look at the consequences of an unjust system.

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          The most morbid way i heard about was in the news, when i lived in Brasil. Store owners used to pay police officers to get rid of the homeless disturbing their business in Rio de Janeiro.

          Carried out at night, organized & stealthy, most victims were kids.

          I don’t remember if someone really went to jail for this. That was in the 80s, like 20 years ago.