Carl Wilhoyte: Worth noting this ruling isn't entirely on SCOTUS, but also on cartoonishly evil city govts, often with Democratic mayors and city councils, who criminalize poverty in the first place. This is equally on them.

Worth noting this ruling isn't entirely on SCOTUS, but also on cartoonishly evil city govts, often with Democratic mayors and city councils, who criminalize poverty in the first place. This is equally on them.

They don't have an inside to go to. This is "increase jail population and slave labor" ruling.

Part of the reason this ruling makes me sick is knowing how much my Dem governor and Dem mayor are absolutely salivating over it

And for us collectively for allowing it. But mostly them. 💯

I think might be a mistake to think this way. It feels accusatory of people with little agency. Hear me out: as for "us", we didn't choose this economic or political system and many of us didn't choose these officials. It's not like we had some opportunity to stop it and selfishly ignored it.

I get what you might be going for: that each of us bears a social responsibility to help each other, especially those suffering. Collective action is hard and complicated. I just wouldn't collectively blame everyone for not yet solving a problem they didn't cause and individually can't fix.

Good points. 💯

At this point I’m not sure what us “not allowing it” would entail

I'm definitely hoping that someone thinks of something, because I don't have an effective action plan and my shitty body isn't affecting much either. Definitely wishing I could do more for people suffering than complaining about it on the Internet. 🥺

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