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[–] Kraiden@piefed.social 33 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Both. It's both. It's gives them somewhere to go, but it also highlights just how fucked up things really are.

[–] BastingChemina@slrpnk.net 11 points 4 weeks ago

Exactly, it's great that they do it, it's awful that it's needed in the first place

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 13 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

little of column A and a little of column B. I hate this but we are going to need many things like this until things an be run at least in a half assed manner.

[–] candyman337@piefed.ca 7 points 4 weeks ago

Agreed, community aide is how we survive hard times

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 12 points 4 weeks ago

Once again schools take up the slack as best they can despite lack of funding

[–] MyOpinion@lemmy.today 10 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

Living in your car will become the norm in the near future.

[–] stabby_cicada@slrpnk.net 12 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

They can't make houses cheaper, after all. That would hurt the bankers and mortgage companies and property investors.

Purchasing an actual house is out of reach for the bottom 90% of young Americans. And they can't lower housing prices because it'll make rich people less rich. And they can't increase wages because it'll make rich people less rich.

So they define the American Dream downwards.

A young adult today can buy an RV for the same price, adjusted for inflation, as their parents spent to buy a house. And that'll be the new aspiration. Buy an RV, rent a parking space, and start a family.

And the conservatives wonder why people aren't having kids these days.

[–] webp@mander.xyz 3 points 4 weeks ago

I was ahead of my time

[–] PunnyName@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago

Hah! Joke's on you!

I can't afford a car.

[–] CounselingTechie@slrpnk.net 6 points 4 weeks ago

What disgusts me is that this is both.

[–] deft@lemmy.wtf 5 points 4 weeks ago

We live in the dystopia