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The homeless university lecturer: ‘There’s a sense of shame around it’
True. If this sort of thing happens in your so-called “first world” country, you should feel a profound sense of shame about it. It shows that your society is failing.
With the levels of wealth and technology we have in countries like Ireland, having homelessness is a choice. We’ve chosen cruelty. We’ve said we’re ok with it. So yes, we should definitely be feeling ashamed.
You know who is the last person who should feel ashamed? A homeless person whom we have failed as a society.
@aral I have been a casual academic for over 9 years and I barely scrape by every month. I don’t know how long I can keep going 
@SeaFury It’s absolutely unfathomable to me just how much we excel at valuing the wrong things under capitalism.
@aral Thanks for boosting my job search post 
@SeaFury Anytime :)
@aral @SeaFury Absolutely. We value working harder for longer to earn more money over having more leisure time and more things to do in that time....
It is the 200 year old con: ever since the maturation of the industrial revolution we have been tricked into being slaves to rich people.
Grow the economy my arse. The size of the economy is measured by how rich rich people are. Negative inflation is better for everyone: ***it is not a bad thing***.