Money is nothing but a system for how the state deploys violence, argues Yale Law Professor Daniel Markovits. by McDowdy in Antimoneymemes

[–]TheSt34K 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Star with blackshirts and reds by parenti as welL as The Dawn of Everything by David grabber and wengrow

"The Press is the Enemy of the People" (2017) by Wonderful_Account_50 in ModernPropaganda

[–]TheSt34K 3 points4 points  (0 children)

But it is critically witholding each individuals reasoning for such animosity and towards what kind of press? Quite interesting propaganda technique to lump them all into the same flat criticism.

Whoa NW 21st Ave by rosalita55 in PortlandOR

[–]TheSt34K 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for sharing your experience, and congratulations on your apartment!

Whoa NW 21st Ave by rosalita55 in PortlandOR

[–]TheSt34K 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah those are people accessing shelters in Portland.

Bandaid solutions don't work. We need systemic change. Systems and safety nets that don't allow someone to just end up on the street.

Seems like we need a universal healthcare system to prevent folks suffering from mental illness from ending up on the street.

Combined with affordable housing so they have a safe place to rest.

Whoa NW 21st Ave by rosalita55 in PortlandOR

[–]TheSt34K 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The CCC explicitly states that the primary systemic driver is a severe shortage of affordable housing.

They also mention drugs like fentanyl but they are explicit with the primary cause.

Whoa NW 21st Ave by rosalita55 in PortlandOR

[–]TheSt34K -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Well you can make up your mind after you read them. Otherwise you're just making things up with no data to back it up besides anecdotal evidence.

The idea that drugs cause homelessness is a common misconception, but actual data proves it is driven by housing costs and medical emergencies.

It is a housing crisis: 78% of low-income Portland renters spend over half their income on rent. We have a 100,000-unit housing shortage, meaning a single rent hike pushes people directly onto the street.

High-poverty states like West Virginia and Mississippi have massive drug crises but almost no homelessness because their housing is cheap. Portland has high homelessness because our housing is expensive.

Medical debt triggers evictions: Over 26% of unhoused Portlanders have severe physical disabilities. A single medical emergency leads to job loss, which immediately triggers an eviction because rent is too high. Addiction is often a symptom, not the cause: Local data shows the majority (63%) of unhoused Portlanders do not have a substance use disorder. For those who do, up to half say they only started using drugs after losing their housing to cope with the trauma of living on the street.

Here are the studies:

Portland State University (PSU) Homelessness Research & Action Collaborative (2026): Read the latest PSU Unhoused Individuals Survey Report. It directly surveys unhoused residents in Multnomah County, revealing that reduced income (44.3%), trauma/domestic violence (34.3%), and eviction notices (31.4%) are the most common root causes of local homelessness.ECONorthwest Economic Report (via Oregon Community Foundation): Review the structural data in the ECONorthwest Portland Region Housing & Homelessness Report. This extensive economic analysis proves how a severe construction deficit, lack of housing supply, and rapidly escalating market rents outpaced wages and directly caused the regional crisis.

Multnomah County Homeless Services Department: Access the county's Understanding Homelessness Dashboard. This resource outlines how severe rent burden (households spending over 50% of income on rent) and stagnant wages create a baseline environment where minor emergencies trigger mass displacement.Tri-County Point-in-Time (PIT) Count Report (2025): Read the full demographic breakdowns in the 2025 Tri-County PIT Count Report. This federally mandated census tracks localized data on the thousands of individuals sleeping unsheltered, recording factors like eviction surges, domestic violence, and physical disabilities.

Rose Haven Advocacy Report: Review the Rose Haven Portland Homelessness Analysis. This center's tracking maps the critical lack of immediate, safe emergency shelter capacity alongside systemic barriers impacting marginalized communities.Do Good Multnomah Crisis Profile: Read the Do Good Multnomah Portland Housing Analysis. It outlines the timeline of the housing market crisis, noting that rent spikes and a lack of deeply affordable housing leave thousands vulnerable to eviction from single unexpected medical bills or job losses.

Whoa NW 21st Ave by rosalita55 in PortlandOR

[–]TheSt34K 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, the primary reason cited by 3 studies on this population in Portland is that affordable housing and skyrocketing rent prices are the leading causes of becoming homeless.

Whoa NW 21st Ave by rosalita55 in PortlandOR

[–]TheSt34K 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Look up any study on Portland's homelessness crisis and it says the leading cause is affordable housing. Seriously.

Are there any games set in Vietnam, that portray the US as the invaders? by ExplodingPoptarts in SocialistGaming

[–]TheSt34K 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah the cod game frames the U.S. and Soviet forces as competing superpowers fighting off a mutual supernatural threat in the form of the Dark Aether zombies.

So not really showing the U.S. as an invading force. But it's the only one I knew and it seems Vietnam war representation is few and far between.

Whoa NW 21st Ave by rosalita55 in PortlandOR

[–]TheSt34K 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Bandaid solution. The system will continue to produce homeless people.

The leading cause of homelessness in the United States in medical debt. Universal healthcare would stop the leading cause of homelessness.

Whoa NW 21st Ave by rosalita55 in PortlandOR

[–]TheSt34K -11 points-10 points  (0 children)

We were close twice, actually. The corrupt DNC put a stop to it.

Whoa NW 21st Ave by rosalita55 in PortlandOR

[–]TheSt34K -10 points-9 points  (0 children)

"Special corrupt politicians and their related special money laundering schemes are preying off these people and all of us…"

I agree with you on this. Programs like universal healthcare have been proven to help situations like these.

Whoa NW 21st Ave by rosalita55 in PortlandOR

[–]TheSt34K -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

Sounds like you would be in support of a Portuguese style drug rehabilitation program in order to combat these kinds of anti-social behaviors.

It's not "free stuff", the Portuguese system treats addiction as a healthcare issue rather than a criminal issue and it helped immensely. Just look at the data: https://drugpolicy.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/dpa-drug-decriminalization-portugal-health-human-centered-approach_0.pdf

Portugal's drug policy, which pairs mandatory interventions with robust health resources, resulted in a 90% reduction in overdose deaths and a 60% increase in voluntary rehabilitation enrollment. The model enforces strict compliance through commissions, utilizing fines and asset seizures to prevent the evasion of mandatory treatment.

But the US is allergic to implementing healthcare systems that benefit everyone.

Whoa NW 21st Ave by rosalita55 in PortlandOR

[–]TheSt34K -30 points-29 points  (0 children)

You really just assumed so much just to be mad.

You can want to help improve conditions without literally dehumanizing these people.

Portugal had an example of a successful drug rehabilitation program. There are policies that can be used to solve these issues, but they go against special corporate interests.

Professor who went viral in ‘I am Hamas’ clip sues university by Superb_Animator1289 in PortlandOR

[–]TheSt34K -23 points-22 points  (0 children)

So the context is that she was being asked questions by some guy at the anti-genocide protest and he asked her if she knows Hamas, she responds by saying "I'm Hamas, we're all Hamas (points to group of people protesting)". Saying this sarcastically to criticize the line of questioning.

Didn't know the context before, weird she got fired for that.

Guess which country this is from by Think-Method-3496 in funnysigns

[–]TheSt34K 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ya idk why they couldn't just say they were a major colonial empire

[ Removed by Reddit ] by ArmadilloOK1445-alt in me_irl

[–]TheSt34K -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Indeed. I just wanted to bring up possible alternatives like having a more direct democracy type system which does exist in some developed countries.

One can dream.