SharpeScooterShooter
SharpeShooter
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What if the proposed fix helps one person but enables two more to jump in and take advantage and abuse it. Is it still worth it to fix one but create two more problems?So then, this is where we are in fundamental disagreement. And that's OK--at least we've been able to communicate effectively to find that point.
I will never be on board with a "perfect solutions only" mindset...especially when it comes to an issue as complex as homelessness. "Perfect is the enemy of good" is one of my favorite maxims, and I absolutely believe it applies here. Like I said above--even if we're not fixing everything, it's better to improve something than to do nothing. That is a hill from which I'll never be moved.
I see the potential to take a step forward but them take two steps back. Again this is a Portland focus only due to the large percentage who want to burn it all down. I fully believe anyone and everyone would jump on board and compound the abuse or where we very likely might enable more people to be destructive than it helps people get out of the situation the are in.
Is it still a positive then? Don't the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few?
People move here for the cultist/anarchist environment ww have enabled. Creating systems without addressing this will further compound this issue in my mind, to the point that for every one person we help we create two or three more problems. Is that still worth it?