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jackawful · 28 days ago

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I think as much as free housing for everyone is a good goal, we gotta also fight for the right to not live in a house if you don't want to? Like I am aware that for the vast majority of homeless folks rn it's a non-choice or half-choice under the current system but like. Idk like even if the state provides everyone with an apartment or tiny home, even if most people would take that deal in a heartbeat, it's not okay for the state to force someone into housing they don't want. It's not okay for the state to tow someone's camper van even if they give them an apartment in exchange. I should have the right to travel for months on end and camp anywhere suitable that isn't being used. Freedom of movement and freedom to occupy spaces is really important actually.

#idk this is kind of a half-baked thought but like #been really thinkin about why sweeps and the like are actually violent #and there's the lack of affordable housing at the core of it but like #the more I get to know train kids and anchor outs and vanlifers/rubbertramps the more I'm like #oh it's not just the lack of housing it's that the state is removing autonomy even when people make or adapt their own shelter

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