When Irony Is Or Looks Heartless

That's cruel, or would be cruel, if it was said without irony, which I think it is - or rather, I choose to think it is. On the other hand, there is no real proof that it wasn't said in earnest, and - as some events over the years have proved - were a very, very earnest comment to a sad situation. No doubt about it, homeless people are not the favorites of those who have a home. I think that one of the main reasons for that is that the utter vulnerability of the homeless or just poor people feels like a warning to those who are neither. They see that they themselves may end up on a public bench somewhere, but without being welcome:

 

To be without a home may mean losing one's life because one being a "have-not" turns one into a target for fed up-"haves" who may even blame one for whatever is wrong in his/her life. That may turn one into someone who is totally at the mercy of people who hates and fears one as a social scapegoat for whatever is wrong in society. Also, it will be difficult to leave one's life as a homeless, e.g. by getting a job because to apply for one it's necessary to bathe and earn decent clothes: Those who have are to get more, and those who have not are to lose what they have .... 

That's quite thought-provoking, especially in these years of what looks like very evil and suspicious Trumpian plannings. To turn former landowners into abject homeless hordes may enrich the rich people who come to own their lost property. Also, it furnishes those rich individuals with the access to cheap labor, as homeless or very poor people will be a easy prey to them. 

 

Was it planned for years as is stated in the above statement? I shouldn't wonder if that is the case, but I lack substantial proofs of those plans.  

This guy, sleeping on the pavement, can do that when it's not freezing, and if he/she knows where to get free or extremely cheap food. Something I don't think is all that easy to come by, also because many are out for the same.

Yup, instead of one Don the Con, these people need another FDR, but where is he/she? The right man/woman doesn't seem to come easy these days.

 

That's a smart man, but he isn't an everyday-guy. Not many would be able to pull such a stunt off

 

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/07/ending-crime-and-disorder-on-americas-streets/