r/NoStupidQuestions • u/Garey_Coleman • 10d ago

Where are the homeless supposed to go?

Cities have been cracking down on homeless people so they can’t have encampments or stay on sidewalks. At the same time usually the shelters are full. So those who are unable to get into a shelter, where are they supposed to go?

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u/ArmchairFilosopher 10d ago

I think CEOs shouldn’t be making more than 20-50% more than their lowest worker.

Then one of two things happen: Nobody seeks out specific skills and there are no more brain surgeons, or every role and seniority level differentiates into its own separate company and you've just shifted the issue.

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u/MotherofBook 10d ago

And why would that happen?

What would be preventing people from seeking out specific skills?

What would be preventing or detouring people from going into medical school?

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u/ArmchairFilosopher 9d ago

Even with free education, the effort and hours are grueling for years on end, and there is no way you'll find enough altruistic people to satisfy the demand for such positions without additional motivation.

One cannot simply jump to a utopian vision of the future like you suggest. At least in Star Trek they had replicators.

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u/MotherofBook 9d ago

Is it utopian? Or is that simply the excuse we’ve been given for why it “can never work”? And we are just eating it up.

People will still be driven to work in science, people will still be driven to work in healthcare, people will still be driven to work in education.

Being able to afford the basics in life will actually help boost our productivity as a whole.

People won’t have to work grueling jobs that don’t bring any satisfaction. They can actually follow their passion.

If they don’t want to work, they don’t have to. Who cares.

People who are lazy are lazy regardless of having access to affordable things or not. It changes nothing.

People who have passions will be able to lean into those. People who simply want to work to have money will be able to do so.

Simply I think those that think it’s “utopian” to care for each other, to provide the basics simply aren’t creative enough, or don’t understand how the people actually work.