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[–] [email protected] 15 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (3 children)

I think your instant assumption about it being done for evil says more about the country you live than it does about Finland, because homelessness doesn't seem to be a big issue in Finland. That's ~5k homeless people in a country with ~5 million people, that's ~0.1% of the population being homeless.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

0.1% is big. I want to see 0%.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The US is roughly the same percentage and it was definitely a comment from a US political frame. In the US they are simply more visible as they congregate in cities.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

As opposed to here where they congregate to mountaintops?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Certain demographics do not congregate everywhere. Farmers do not congregate in cities.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

But we are talking about US and Finnish homeless who do

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Also 70% of those homeless people are living with friends or relatives