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A chat on subreddit /r/PoliticalCompassMemes
human
I worked in a hostel where a not insignificant amount of customers were put up by the government. They had jobs, looked normal, quite a few were clearly addicts but cleaning up, etc. These are the "homeless" with jobs, better categorised as between homes.

The true homeless that everyone thinks of were the ones who occupied the tent city in the park five minutes down the street. A few years ago there was a gang rape, followed by a rape of (I believe) a student. The tents were quickly cleared by the riot squad.

Suddenly, the Great Coughing event of 2020 happened. My hostel happened to take in most of this group when the government got rid of emergency housing regulations (like staying sober and curfews) because of the coof. Suddenly half the regulars I talked to were back on the drugs. There was filth and stink everywhere, harassment of patrons, etc. One room was set on fire because the bloke ashed his cigarettes everywhere and put them out on the curtains.

Also suddenly, there was a mass eviction of homeless from the hostel who never returned in the year I remained there and I'm 90% sure the business removed themselves from the list of emergency housing providers.
gpt
This is something that I always wonder, why do people with authority jump the gun and enact the most extreme version of the rule when there are only a few bad actors?


One could argue that at first they didn't notice the gap, and that leaving it open is allowing other bad actors to take advantage of the same gap. So, rather than entertaining it and being selective they'll just remove everything altogether.


Other perspective is like above, where there are people that are doing something that is adjacent to the gap and not wrong at all, but because of the bad actors what they are also doing previously is also deemed illegal.


On one hand, why punish those who didn't do anything wrong? On the other, if they were to be very diligent it can take more resources. It's an interesting view to look at when considering any authority action.