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sumofchemicals

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  • If you were a community, municipality or country committing to the principle that all people deserve shelter, how would you make that principle a reality?

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  • Some others here have highlighted that "shelter services" is not the same thing as an actual shelter. People can't stay as long as they want, they don't have a secure place to store their belongings, and they can be dangerous. Here is a post with sources that outlines why permanent supportive housing is more cost effective than temporary overnight shelters

  • If you were a community, municipality or country committing to the principle that all people deserve shelter, how would you make that principle a reality?

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  • If you were a community, municipality or country committing to the principle that all people deserve shelter, how would you make that principle a reality?

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  • Can you share sources about the idea that some people don't desire shelter? My understanding is more that drugs or mental illness make it difficult to retain housing. Their behavior towards others and their inability to pay means they end up homeless, but seems like people universally want a roof over their heads. My understanding is that among professionals working in this area, the view is that having a place to live is the first step in addressing issues like drug abuse and mental health. I'm aware of one organization in Philadelphia, Project Home, that others view as a model.

  • If you were a community, municipality or country committing to the principle that all people deserve shelter, how would you make that principle a reality?

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  • I'm interested in actual approaches. Not saying I want to perpetuate capitalism, but asking how you would tackle the problem, and could be from the viewpoint of any of those entities.

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    If you were a community, municipality or country committing to the principle that all people deserve shelter, how would you make that principle a reality?

  • What is a well known 'public secret' in the industry you work in that the majority of outsiders are unaware of?

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  • The government wants to carry a debt, because everyone who is owed money by the government is incentivezed to support it.

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  • I've got to say, having been involved in campaigns to end gerrymandering, there is a subset of people who can be bothered to learn/care about how it works, and many others who don't. Your process sounds even more complex and time consuming, and I don't see it being effective because the general public won't be invested in it. Like voting for traffic court judges but even more confusing.

    More importantly I also think you're underestimating the complexity of reconciling hundreds of thousands of neighborhoods per state, each a ranked choice list of different variants. One person will pick a boundary, and then some other person will pick a boundary that conflicts with it, multiply that by a dozen million and then what, some algorithm will decide which lines are correct? And then the resulting districts still won't have an equal number of constituents? That violates the one person one vote principle, which is part of the issue with gerrymandering and the electoral college.

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  • Well that's the challenge, is that in order to have a vote on what the district lines are, you've already chosen a group of voters eligible for the election, so you've drawn a district. (Unless we're having the entire country or entire state vote on districts) I also think district boundaries are exactly the sort of thing that voters aren't inclined to research or show up to vote for, even though it makes a huge difference in election outcomes. For that reason I like STV/proportional voting for legislative bodies.

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  • The sustainability of a monarchy is the problem. Even if you have a great king, they're smart, they're competent, they care about the good of the people, what about their successor? And what's more, every person is fallible, susceptible to blind spots or maladjusted thinking. With a monarch there's not a true means to address that sort of problem. Democracy has all sorts of problems, it's true. But as the quote goes, it's the worst form of government after all other forms of government.

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  • Other comments have mentioned ranked choice voting, proportional representation and single transferable vote - these are all voting systems which encourage having more than two parties. The reason we don't have them in the u.s. now is because people know they're throwing their vote away or even helping the candidate they don't like by voting third party.

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  • I like this concept. Do you have thoughts on how you would address gerrymandering? One reason I like proportional representation is it addresses that challenge, but wouldn't have the same intimacy in the concept you're describing.

    I could also see challenges with too many steps meaning that officials in the upper tier of representatives don't actually know the tier below them and so may not have that sense of interpersonal obligation.

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  • There's a great documentary on HBO called Telemarketers that talks about this business model and how it's essentially a fraud. And they address how if someone ever donates they're put on a list of chumps to call back forever

  • Lemmy might, MIGHT have a small bias towards the left

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  • That world isn't a better place. The problem with violence is who decides when it's used, and why it's used.

    I don't want politicians I support (who in my view are taking reasonable, legal actions) to be assaulted by opponents. It's why we have due process, so that it's not just a case of "we have a mob big enough to do this".

    Quartering? That's awful. Violence or detainment should not be used as punishment or to inflict pain, only to prevent future harmful actions.

  • UO People is an accredited and tuition free college that offers full degrees and certificates

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  • Yeah, I guess it is kind of an old phrase. Basically something a more conventional or conservative person might say about something that's impractical/naive/overly idealistic. You can imagine like a 60s American dad saying it about tie dye kids

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  • Was looking for this comment, thanks

  • UO People is an accredited and tuition free college that offers full degrees and certificates

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  • I'm a fan of the concept. Two notes:

    While the name has noble intentions, it's a horrible choice in terms of conveying "this is a respectable institution and you should hire this person." Obtaining the knowledge should be enough, but we all know part of why we choose the educational institutions we do is to help get a job, and some schools are viewed more favorably than others. "University of the People" sounds hippy dippy and fake.

    Second, if you like this model you might consider looking at Western Governor's University. It's regionally accredited (ie. the kind you want), online, and the name seems like it would be more appealing at first glance to employers.

  • Why is fountain soda better than canned or bottled?

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  • Plastic bottled is garbage. I like an aluminum can ok. Glass bottled is pretty good. But you're mistaken about fountain.

  • Why is fountain soda better than canned or bottled?

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  • Lol I too have read those "what's a thing the public doesn't know about your job" reddit threads

  • What is your opinion on tickling ?

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  • Can't say I have much of an opinion at all, but seeing this post is reminding me of that documentary where the guy was commissioning videos of young dude wrestlers tickling each other, and he played it off like it wasn't, but of course it was for sex reasons

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    Why is fountain soda better than canned or bottled?

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    What is the best "climate change" clothing?

  • It's time to take advantage of Reddit's decline

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  • You're right that lemmy primarily needs content, and it doesn't have to be just credentialed experts. It will grow in appeal the more there are real communities discussing whatever their subject of interest is.

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    Have you noticed spotify removing stuff from your liked songs list?

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    What are some "new" rights you'd like to see countries commit to?