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[–] OliveMoon@lemmy.ca 1 points 33 minutes ago

As a boomer, if I could go back in time, I would have emigrated to Norway: Norway has significantly reduced homelessness through a housing-led policy that prioritizes providing homes for all, including those with mental health or substance abuse issues. This approach, supported by strong political commitment and regular data collection, has led to a steady decline in the number of homeless individuals over recent decades.

[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

The housing is paid by public money (taxes) and goes to for-profit companies (private jails). The imprisoned are then used as slave labour for other for-profit companies.

All according to the plan for wealth transfer from the poor to the rich

[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago

But they own the companies doing the jailing, so there is a fourth panel.

[–] FuyuhikoDate@feddit.org 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Which country flag is that? Also made me laughing harder than it should... I go straight to hell for that ...

[–] lugal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 27 points 1 day ago (2 children)

It isn't a country but "anarcho capitalism" which isn't anarchist in any meaningful way but an oxymoron

[–] rockerface@lemmy.cafe 12 points 1 day ago

ancaps be putting "moron" in "oxymoron"

[–] scintilla@crust.piefed.social 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Anarchy capitalism is what people think anarchists mean when they say they don't want a government.

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

"One gratifying aspect of our rise to some prominence is that, for the first time in my memory, we, 'our side,' had captured a crucial word from the enemy. 'Libertarians' had long been simply a polite word for left-wing anarchists, that is for anti-private property anarchists, either of the communist or syndicalist variety. But now we had taken it over."

— Murray Rothbard

[–] n7gifmdn@lemmy.ca 2 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

and hell the word libertarian only was created because it became illegal to print anarchist literature in France in the 19th century.

[–] jaselle@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

So what would Anarcho-Capitalism ball's reponse be to that?

[–] Not_mikey@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 day ago

It's not expensive if you make them work to pay for their room and board.

Sure that may be a bit like slavery, but true freedom requires a bit of slavery...

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

They wouldn't support locking the defendant up because there would be no public prisons. If you can't pay the plaintiff and court, then you're an outlaw and may be shot. There would be multiple courts, some of which overlap and conflict.

[–] spooky2092@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It may be more expensive to do it this way, but we get slaves out of it, so it all evens out

[–] Frozengyro@lemmy.world 2 points 21 hours ago

And they get to suffer

Meme :D

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

Are there no prisons? Are there no workhouses?