Hell, I chose homelessness over living with my parents. I would choose it over slavery every time.
And further, I can abide a society that tolerates homelessness; I cannot abide a society that tolerates slavery. This is why the draft must be abolished, this is why private prisons must be abolished, this is why we need to uncouple healthcare from employment.
Rather be homeless than a slave. My autonomy is more valuable to me.
I would rather be housed and fed poorly while given purpose. There is no freedom is homelessness; in the prison pit without a ladder to climb out and where the police will steal you away from your last remaining possessions and hope. A slave may toil in oblivion but the homeless do not have a right to exist; the ferule animals of limbo; the walking zombie dead of corporate orcs and vampires. The disabled, the elderly, and the forgotten of a society without ethics that leaves them to suicidal wandering is worse than a society of exploitation in my opinion.
Id say the difference is people telling you to “get a job” vs “You’re going to do this job and get whipped”
What exactly do you think happened with slaves too old to fulfill their duties?
So… worse
Homeless. My country has decent social security and “housing first” policy, it’s reasonable to expect to be able to exit the situation soon.
US, same, but exit for edgier reasons.
Never been homeless but I’d definitely take it over slavery. It has to be better than being a flesh robot.
Not only is freedom priceless (my opinion), but I’m sure as hell not enriching someone else to my own detriment.
Dangerous line of question as it is easy for sociopathic fucks to twist and manipulate it all around into justification.
