NYC Banned Homeless People From The Subway | Asmongold Reacts

[@TurtleChad1]

We should stop giving money to other countries and take care of our people first.

[@TheOrangeFelon]

Ukraine needs it

[@mikepalmieri4989]

tell AIPAC that... oh wait....

[@Djay-Tee]

Amen

[@FinalLightNL]

As a european, yes US should. edit: also yeah AIPAC needs to be gone, you americans need to take back control of your own country.

[@tyroneisrael5631]

Good luck to that. The us government doesn't care

[@tonig2757]

In Japan and a few places in Europe that I know of, subway closes down between midnight and 5 am, so everyone including homeless are locked out of it, while it's cleaned and maintained.

[@SWOTHDRA]

Yup, we have that in europe, between 1 am and 6 am its all closed , cleaned etc

[@treesome3979]

I'm from Rome, Italy, our subway system closes from 23:00 to 5:30 to allow maintenance and cleaning staff to work

[@HR91360]

America cant do that. we run 24/7. its also PUBLICLY OWNED PROPERTY. so we all own a percentage of the public transit system.

[@HR91360]

​@@treesome3979italy 😂 you guys are closed by noon. coffee breaks every 30 mins. you guys don't even use clocks. youre basically on retirement time all the time. 😂😂😂

[@rolyks2345]

No🤣

[@anthonychavez2177]

I used to be homeless and struggling with drug addiction, and I know how dark it can feel. I was court-ordered to go to rehab with certain stipulations, and it ended up being the turning point in my life. Now, I’m working on my Master’s of Social Work, going to school part-time while holding down a full-time job. Turning my life around wasn’t easy, but it saved me.

[@alexharper7645]

Congratulations brother you are doing a great job!

[@rogerm3708]

When homelessness interferes with those who are trying to keep a home is the problem because they are the ones paying for the programs. when citizens don't feel safe or businesses are harmed by it, society collapses. The homeless used to know, out sight, out of mind is in their and everybody else's best interest. When I was in high school, there was a homeless man who dug through trash cans after school and nobody bothered him. Most don't choose to be homeless but some choose to be

[@florenbaron7111]

Wow, good for you. That's amazing.

[@Glubbdubdrib]

Congrats! I was houseless, but not homeless because I lived in 97 Tahoe. Moved away from all my family to live in South Dakota. No plan and living in the SUV in the middle of winter. A winter I’ve never experienced because I grew up in Oklahoma. So I was NOT prepared the for cold ahead lmao. Fortunately, I wasn’t addicted to drugs and alcohol. Seeing how bad being house/homeless is, I never want to go back to rock bottom. Got a job as a roofer and 7 years later, I’m running my own roofing company.

[@hopefullrideon]

Saved you from what?

[@Iautocorrect]

Timeline: 1. Daniel Perry found innocent 2. Online outrage 3. Homeless man sets woman on fire in subway 4. Mayor is now anti-homeless on subway lol.

[@timefororbit]

The Overtone Window tends to shift back toward reality when ideas are confronted with facts.

[@vods840]

Not innocent, dude got pardoned

[@DavidJoshua-zc8df]

Jordan Neely is also a man with quite a long rap sheet. 47 arrests in the span of ten years is alarming! Mostly assault charges and possession of drugs. One such occurrence caused Jordan Neely to punch an old lady in the face causing severe injury which occurred in the substation. I would say the chances of him doing more harm to others that day was highly likely. It is unfortunate, but it's all his own fault. You cannot publicly threaten to hurt people and not expect people to protect themselves.

[@jesusofbullets]

@@vods840 He was found innocent due to mistrial from bias by the person who inspected the body. Dude was innocent regardless.

[@mrbl3azy]

Problem Reaction Solution?

[@clint7168]

20:10 the chatters point is to look at recent history with that guy - the mayor has allowed this stuff to happen for years and is only reversing course because it has become politically advantageous to do so. There is a real problem with political commentators giving credit where none is due just because they said the right thing at the last second

[@Zoetherat]

To be fair, the mayor isn't a progressive. If the entire government had consisted of people like him from the beginning, this problem probably wouldn't even exist.

[@ParryHotter204]

Yup he has a bunch of corruption charges and now is trying to get a pardon from Trump 😂

[@Zoetherat]

@clint7168 Well, it looks like KZbin deleted my original comment for no reason. Progressives want homeless people to be able to do whatever they like, and the mayor isn't a progressive, so I don't know why he's the one getting the criticism.

[@daddypettypatchadams7571]

He was running his head into a wall trying to be a normal Democrat. While he is riding the current political wave the last four years(and more the last eight) have been a battle for centrist Democrats cause the far left has done so much damage pushing their BS ideas.

[@soldat88hun]

This is generally a problem with elected politicians.

[@TarlZaralka]

Fun fact New York City has 137 homeless shelters with over 140,000 beds, they have more beds than they have homeless people. Homeless people can't drink or do their drugs and so the majority of them avoid homeless shelters.

[@giantdinoboy8264]

It's mostly an issue with thefts that happen in homeless shelters than drugs or alcohol.

[@kanescott1300]

Well thats pretty much useless for all the homeless then, why even have them

[@stefengullicksen38]

So do the cops throw homeless people into the slush?

[@PeferG17]

Yeah this a problem in Austin and other major cities too. I feel bad for the people trying to turn their life around but some of these guys are crazy or just want to do drugs and nothing else.

[@JoeyJoJoJr0]

^^This^^

[@ulvetid.01]

If there are this many homeless then the border needs closing. The government is failing too many already.

[@h.a.9880]

Do you think all homeless people came into the US illegally?

[@marcuscaestus3583]

They’re not immigrants it’s black people.

[@death2foolz182]

​@h.a.9880 you're missing the point, they're saying with this much homeless people we don't have the resources for immigrants /visitors to be coming in. We should close the border and focus on our people first

[@dillonlawrence1440]

Both of you are completely missing the point. The government gives a bunch of money and has programs for illegals via "asylum seeker" programs. Why are we paying for people from other countries who came here illegally when we have people living in the streets? Furthermore, on the other coast, California spent 26 BILLION on homelessness in 4-5 years and they don't know where all the money went and homelessness got WORSE!

[@TheObeyMayhem]

@@h.a.9880 You want to turn this into something it is. We can't take care of our own homeless, why invite more people we can't take care of into the country? I'm sorry, we wont take care of them, we will take care of people who fit the right political agenda though.

[@travissmarion]

I can't be the only one who notices that this is mainly an issue in Democrat run cities with Democrat mayors in primarily Democrat run states... Funny how that works out.

[@CuteAnimeGirl]

Florida is a red state and has tons of homeless people, even though it's illegal to sleep outside over there. They just sleep in the woods so they don't get arrested, but there's a lot of them.

[@syntrexfpv1347]

Just remember, This is the same city that converted dorms and apartments into immigrant housing and gave them $300 a week for food. Bus loads of people that do not work or pay taxes.

[@delanofernandes6471]

dont worry, you guys have 11 aircraft carriers, 45 350 million dollar bombers an 40 billion of b2 bombers. you, the people have nothing to worry about

[@ewjiml]

⁠@@delanofernandes6471and without those aircraft carriers and bombers, the entire population would be homeless. Your point?

[@Infinityandsome]

The media is deflecting. The money spent for that is tiny compared to money on Wallstreet, the military industrial complex, and useless wars.

[@ChrisTyler-CHPH]

Not to mention how many vacant apartments and houses are available - but not once does it cross anyones mind that if you put the homeless in a home theyll stop being homeless. This is capitalism imploding, homelessness is going to skyrocket way beyond the levels of today.

[@atraxian5881]

​​@@delanofernandes6471you realize that a country without a military is just waiting to be invaded and conquered by foreign powers?

[@kokowoch]

"escape from new york" was such a good movie, they made it into real life

[@Dylan_thebrand_slayer_Mulveiny]

I just watched that movie for the first time a few days ago. Totally overrated and overhyped.

[@darianstarfrog]

​@@Dylan_thebrand_slayer_Mulveiny try escape from L.A.

[@S1RLANC3]

Kind of funny that those 2 movies basically predicted something decades from that time.

[@venwin25]

Level of harm isn't the issue. The subway isn't a housing center. Look up old images of subway train stations from the 20's and 30's. Way better, works of art.

[@zeked4200]

It's not just trains and the subway...look at airports and planes. Men used to wear suits to travel and women would get dressed up nicely too. People treated it like an important event and acted respectfully. Now we've got people getting KOd by flight attendants, tubs of lard in tight spandex workout clothes that have never even seen a gym, people being filmed having mental breakdowns towards other passengers, people so fat they can't fit in their seat and need 6 foot seat belt extensions. I'm not saying we need to go back to suits and ties, but given the two extremes I'd rather we all treat it like that...

[@Foogi9000]

Car companies demolished our beautiful country and replaced it with fugly asphalt highways and shitty SUVs. They basically created a problem and then offered a solution. We had robust transit systems, we had a proper countrywide railroad system. Half the reason our country is in the shitter is because we let companies lobby for their own best interests which often have always involved stripping away the quality of life from the average American.

[@timefororbit]

10:46 "You don't own anything..." - Asmongold "Property must be secured, or liberty cannot exist." - John Adams The American Constitution contains several provisions aimed at protecting individual property rights. For example, the 3rd Amendment, which specifically recognizes property home ownership. The 4th Amendment which protects against unlawful search of property. The 8th Amendment protects against excessive fines (protecting financial ownership). The 10th Amendment states that powers not delegated to the federal government are reserved to the states or to the people. In other words, we have Property Rights.

[@silverlight6074]

That's *still* the government stating that citizens own property and have rights. Property is itself a legal construct, as is ownership of property. What can or cannot be owned, and the rules for transfer of ownership, all of it is legal construct. You want a major example? The Louisiana Purchase, the deal that the United States made with Native Americans to buy a huge amount of land, was practically a bargain *entirely because* the Natives had no concept of land ownership. They did not see the land as property, and didn't understand that the Americans wanted to buy the rights to an amount of land that, at the time, doubled the size of the US.

[@OlqdbplO]

And yet all of those amendments are just a governmental construct built upon the only valid right in the world - might makes right.

[@ginacirelli1581]

In my opinion, sanatoriums and asylums should have never been closed. The problems were deep, but they could have been rehabilitated. Now we have all these troubled people just wandering in misery. And they call this virtuous?

[@thecivilmerc9898]

We can thank Reagan and his war on mental health

[@rickybev3078]

@@thecivilmerc9898you can actually thank Geraldo Rivera. Look it up.

[@tmoney1487]

Back in the day those places heavily abused allot of patients because the people running them didnt know a damn thing about mental health and honestly didnt care about their patients

[@GrumpyCat-mw5xl]

This country has a major mental health care deficiency. There is alot to offer but in some cases it’s only if you have money. If you’re poor there is cookie cutter resources available, sort of like in the first joker movie. Many people in jails and prison need mental health care but don’t get it then just get turned back out on the street. There is outpatient care available but as I said it’s cookie cutter. If someone needs inpatient care resources start to become more limited. There are drug rehabs, detox units, intensive outpatient [ where you go to therapy several hours every day], half way houses. There are resources but it’s not enough then you take a city like Newyork that’s over populated there is no way they can handle all the people. Many people can’t make headway on getting better because they refuse to stop using drugs.! They like it to much.

[@tony_5156]

@@thecivilmerc9898Reagan killed the middle class and screwed over the disabled and mentally Ill.

[@RicanHavoc-215]

They should take care of the homeless instead of the ILLEGAL immigrants. The excuse that they dont have the money to do it doesnt fly anymore

[@gatonegro187]

Well turning the publics thinking into hating homelessness is a step into eventually turning the hate on illegals it's a step in that direction

[@HecticNova]

In general those are 2 big issues that kinda feed into each other. Better to start with one than just avoid both.

[@mamlaka227]

And what about the $95 billion in tax evasion that american billionaires steal from their fellow citizens

[@lucasljs1545]

@@gatonegro187 no it is not. Stop with this "Muuh they are targeting the invaders!" they are not.

[@DrVanNostrand01]

Can’t take care of people that can’t take care of themselves. How do u help a junkie that doesn’t want help?

[@BeyondTilted]

30:55 this a disingenuous argument from chatter. When studies are done on homeless people they literally specifically distinguish between chronic and temporarily homeless people. The temporarily homeless people are, as the name suggests, only homeless for a short period of time because there are resources easily available to get help. They be are people who have fallen on hard times and need a hand to get back on their feet. No one has a problem with those people. Chronic homeless people are people who refuse help, are usually m3ntally unwell, and usually addicted to drugs. Chronic homeless are also a majority of the homeless people.

[@jesh879]

Correct. "Progressive" statistics go as low as 83% are mentally ill, drug addicts, or both. These are deep, systemic issues that housing does not fix.

[@TOMSAVOR]

Mentally* dont be a coward

[@MyAccount217]

@@TOMSAVORI don’t think they were afraid to say “mentally”

[@BeyondTilted]

@@TOMSAVOR if I typed that my comment would be automagically filtered and you would never see it. It’s happened to me dozens of times I have to confirm my comment actually posts when I talk about specific things.

[@ryana5435]

Drug-decriminalized and pro-weed pro-drug progress woke western society got what they deserved, what a surprise

[@OwiggumX]

If you're choosing not to participate in society, then stay out of the subway. The subway is a part of society. It's not meant for those folks. And I totally get it.

[@goldie6961]

As a new yorker i try crusading online about how fucking bad this place is. Outside the city is worse, the city is the most return on investment youll get in the whole state. Its fucked and terrible. It tries to act like cali while being worse in almost every single way on top of the weather being garbage and people being tourists to NY instead of ever living there full time once they can

[@Aireck174]

55% in NY keep voting for it so I assume most people like the way it is.

[@goldie6961]

​@@Aireck174also in a state that's getting ran from as much as new York, a 5% differential on policy which is leaning red year by year isn't the flex you think it is

[@Aireck174]

@@goldie6961 In the past you would see a cycle like when Rudy Giuliani won after decades of a progressive disaster. I don't think that will happen this time because democrats are importing voters from other countries who will keep progressives in power.

[@ProtossTempest]

NYC has problems, it's why folks are leaving. My friend is getting more Asian neighbors in Nassau County, Long Island.

[@darthbumblebee7310]

@@Aireck174 where are you getting that number from? When I lived in nyc we would be lucky if we even got 55% of the eligible population to vote at all

[@Valakor]

Imagine if the punishment for homelessness was house arrest

[@lukep757]

Wanna hear a riddle? Where do you find homeless people? Not at home I imagine!

[@jasperclement6320]

Bro just solved homelessness

[@daemonrider2199]

That already exists, I know a guy in California while on house arrest. He has to stay within a specific area during the night.

[@DeffoZappo]

Homelessness is a punishment

[@alexderek5233]

@@lukep757 slow brain moment

[@CHKDG8]

Cash Jordan is smart. You notice how he always plays news clips by filming his own phone? That’s a loophole to avoid copyright strikes.

[@Skelterbane69]

But is it gonna be enough? KZbin doesn't care at all, anyway.

[@boom350ph]

​@@Skelterbane69 I mean unless it's ad block

[@JoeOvercoat]

@@Skelterbane69KZbin enforces copyright claims with abandon. Everything about You Tube’s copyright claim system favors the party asserting the claim.

[@pinsandneedles8312]

To me, it adds to the video as well. It gives the "chill city tour guide" vibe.

[@JordanHarris]

If it's less than 8 seconds, and or transformative to the content, you don't need to "film a phone"

[@vcrbetamax]

I got out of the service during the recession and had to live at the shelter, because I couldn’t find a job. McDonalds wasn’t hiring during the recession. These people make it so much harder to get out of being homeless. Because they take all the benefits without ever trying to get to a better place. It was faster and easier, to not wait in line for help and just eat dollar menu, can food, and stay in my car. While looking for a job.

[@NunyaBizness-t2q]

God I miss dollar menus. We didn't know how good we had it.

[@evanhughes3027]

Very balanced take here. Thanks. I'm going to give the short version of this story. I live in a small town in a very rural area. We had a member of the community with mental illness who acts aggressively towards women and young girls. He was out of confinement for about three weeks before multiple community members had intervened against him for harassing women. None of the citizens were put in legal jeopardy and the police arrested him (after shooting out his car tires upon his attempted escape) and he's back on jail. Tolerating public mental illness isn't kind and it is in fact, not tolerated in the majority of small communities in the US. By the way, there's plenty of odd and eccentric people in the community who aren't harmful, and no one bothers them.

[@saintsword23]

I was homeless for four years. I think something obviously needs to be done about criminals, but the problem I saw is that governments want to pass laws that criminalize innocent behavior, like anti-camping laws. I'd say 80% of the homeless are invisible and harmless. Half are just folks down on their luck and they have to live in their car a few months until they turn it around. But the police and cities don't care, they ticket or even arrest them just the same. I had no mental health, criminality, or drug issues yet I was harassed and even ticketed by police dozens of times simply for sleeping in an alleyway or just anywhere that officer patrolled. And virtually every other homeless person I knew had similar stories. And frankly, this is wrong. I understand arresting criminals, but the issue is that cities want to make innocent behavior, like sleeping, "criminal." As it is now, the Buddha would be arrested and fined in most places, because as a monk he purposefully was homeless. If you have a law that would criminalize the Buddha I'd say you have a bad law.

[@steak5599]

@@saintsword23 That was what Asmongold said. If the government agressively crack down on illegal behaviors, extreme cases like Neely and the fire would not have happened, and people would leave the harmless homeless people alone. Is because the problem has been neglected for so long to a boiling point, now voters wants extreme right wing solution to the problem.

[@HackersSun]

My mom went off her meds, it was a pain to get to forcibly go into a mental ward Cook county would've been stricter and put her in a ward and forced to take her meds Just put these people in ward with medication My mom got better after dragging her to cook

[@cynicalthoughts]

Now this might sound crazy but hear me out.. What if instead of accepting foreigners first and giving them money and house... You do that first with the homeless, like help ur own ppl before u try to help others.

[@urbanchillerTM]

If only we can vote someone who stands for those beliefs and put them in the position to create that change...oh wait.

[@____uncompetative]

Trump plans to do exactly that. He wants to end homelessness.

[@Lelouch-Vi-Britannia-]

Ehhh idk man

[@johnnyfatsacks5209]

Us gov: "No, billions for illegal!"

[@peagames2002]

@@____uncompetative Project 2025 has nothing about it. Are you sure he isn't just 'lying'?

[@troystrzelczyk7458]

not saying all. but a good amount of these homeless are just out of their minds or on drugs

[@deezelfairy]

I'd say the majority are

[@mrspeel-j8h]

They're so horrible their own Relatives want Nothing to do with them.

[@darianstarfrog]

You guys get it

[@j.augustine1078]

bro... you have cracked the code. Have you considered running for mayor? Looks like there's going to be a vacancy very soon. LOL

[@ryana5435]

That’s drug-decriminalized and pro-weed pro-drug progress woke western society for y’all

[@saintsword23]

I was homeless for four years, mostly in SoCal. The issue is that 80% of the homeless are invisible, harmless, and don't break any laws other than targeted anti-camping laws, but the government/police treat them just as badly as the visible homeless. Shelters almost always are full of bed bugs, have extremely draconian rules (you must be in by 7pm and they wake you up at 5am to boot you out, they don't allow you to even keep Tylenol, many are religious and force you to go to services, etc - it's not just about drugs), and the staff are extremely hostile since they have to deal with really bad people day in and out. Something has to be done about the law breakers, obviously, but the solution there is to arrest them for committing real crimes rather than having blanket anti-camping laws that cause innocent people to enter the justice system. Blackstone's ratio has to be invoked, and right now it's way out of whack with how many innocent homeless folks are being targeted due to anti-homelessness efforts that pass laws prohibiting innocent behavior (sleeping outside) in an effort to arrest folks for real criminal behavior. Arrest folks for the real criminal behavior, not for sleeping.

[@skuddingomcwinters6119]

I don’t think sleeping on or in the subway is anything but degenerate.

[@itsausername]

I hate to say it but the only reason he doesn't think Austin has a major homeless problem is he doesn't leave his home.

[@openyathirdeye6894]

Bro facts I don't even live there and I've heard plenty of stories 😂😂

[@Deeptunester]

It's kinda' like the government telling you that the economy is excellent because stock prices are up.

[@nicodives1974]

Where does he said that? he always says that austin is full of homeless and even tells stories about them.

[@honestyisadyingvirtue]

What? He just mentioned Austin's homeless problem in this video. He talked about their hoboabodes. Not paying attention, just talking shit I take it 😂

[@itsausername]

@@nicodives1974 Sure, but in the context of this video it was very much "we've got a lot of homeless but we still manage fine". When in reality the homeless situation in Austin is often far worse than anything I saw in this video regarding NYC.

[@arohk4415]

they want to get rid of the homeless, but not solve the problem why they are homeless.

[@ThePencilNerd]

How are you going to stop drug addicts?

[@iHadWaterForDinner]

expecting the gov to take care of you.. lmao.

[@ChengsHardware]

exactly

[@nothanks9503]

@@ThePencilNerd2/3rds of homeless people don’t do drugs and you would so drugs if you had to sleep on the sidewalk in the winter hope you find out

[@duprebushnell2488]

you cant exactly "solve" the homeless problem...it is a lifestyle choice for many

[@JustinsYTchannel43]

Merry Christmas to Asmons editor 🎁

[@music79075]

10:55 the government does not define ownership.

[@yargolocus4853]

Who does? Money is defined by power. Your property is loaned from government. What do you really own?

[@switch8428]

They have a budget parading Luigi but no budget for the homeless

[@alemswazzu]

You're sick.

[@gowankommando]

​@@alemswazzuOP ain't wrong

[@hydronpowers9014]

​@@alemswazzu You didn't see the videos?

[@ericl1421]

There is money. They went around to every homeless on the subway and offered them help. The vast majority refused. Did you not watch the video?

[@skeweredd]

They have a budget to perpetuate war in Ukraine but not for the homeless.

[@Likwidfox]

They are losing close to one billion a year in skipped subway tolls? Ya F'ing right they would 100% spend 15k a year paying somebody to stop it.

[@Aireck174]

They could hire some of the fair skippers to stop the fair skippers. They know all the tricks and could advice.

[@j.augustine1078]

Implying some min wage minority city employee would feel motivated to stop fare jumpers and risk getting stabbed by some random bum so the city can collect more subway fares. Get real dude LOL

[@Sasq420]

I feel pretty safe assuming that number is a ultra inflated guesstimate that helps cover some of the embezzlement the bureaucrats are conducting.

[@drawgam2946]

15 k a year in NYC, are you crazy? Whats he gonna do with that money? Be homeless too?

[@Likwidfox]

@@drawgam2946The NYCTA only makes 10mil a day its not like money grows on trees.

[@elliot8069]

I've worked for homeless outreach orgs. alot of homelessness is choice. there are lots of shelters and housing programs, but many of these people choose substances over a roof.

[@2020_Visi0n]

What percentage %?

[@darianstarfrog]

​@@2020_Visi0n I waa homeless for a decade..easily 99% .. the ones who just had really shitty luck, get out very quick compared..

[@elliot8069]

@@darianstarfrog if they actually want help they aren't homeless longer than 4 months. this goes for the veterans especially as the VA has designated housing for homeless vets.

[@elliot8069]

@@2020_Visi0n I'd estimate around 90+ in my experience, and i think I'm being conservative. the ones that do take the housing or shelters don't last because they cant stay clean or cant follow the rules.

[@JamesGrim08]

@@elliot8069 Exactly. I carry VA literature with me in the car anytime I see a vet with a sign. I dont listen to the excuses just tell them to go and get help. I've had a few actually go and get into a better situation but its better then just handing them money.

[@JamesBDmk]

Fair evasion losses at $700 million/year? Total annual ridership (2023) is 1,151,998,158. A ticket costs $2.9 so 700mil/$2.9 = 241 mil evasions. Means 1,151,998,158/241 mil = 21% or 1/5 of rides are not paid overall. This seems unrealistic to me!

[@SiresOrbwits-oi8mz]

They probably added the maintenance costs and retail loss revenue to that statement.

[@JamesBDmk]

@SiresOrbwits-oi8mz the usual mainenance would be included in the ticket price. But they probably break the turnstiles when hopping so yeah I guess that makes sense

[@NunyaBizness-t2q]

fare*

[@praiza1481]

12:06 that's exactly what I said to a friend of mine who's really vocal about many social issues in my country, particularly the many vacant homes which according to leftists should be handed over to homeless people since they're unnoccupied. While I recognize there's an argument to be made there, especially for houses owned by banks and conglomerates as simple investments, private owners should not see their properties being invaded and illegally occupied for months if not years by hobos. Yet even in this case my friend was pretty much okay with it. So I told her that since she's so on board with the idea, why didn't she take in one or two hobos in her place. After all, she had the necessary space, and she wouldn't even had to pay anything for them, it would just be a place for them to spend the night. She said it wasn't the same. When I asked her why, she changed the subject. If these people would put half of the energy and time they spend on social media to actually do something, the world would be a fucking utopia.

[@sleepyrasta420]

It was only for boasting and virtue signaling, It's acceptable in someone else house some other town far away not their own door step or their home town. The left piss me off, they're hypocrites and fake, a competition who can out woke the other

[@lordshaitan]

Most moralists suffer from NIMBYism. It is far easier to complain about something, and say someone should do something, as long as it does not directly affect them.

[@IAm-pi7kf]

Maybe they would be more inclined to not be NIMBYists if they were to admit to themselves how close they always are to honelessness themselves. The average person can no longer afford a 1bdrm apartment, how do you expect that person to take in all the homeless people in the US???

[@lordshaitan]

@@IAm-pi7kf Those stats are the average which is heavily skewed by city living. People can still have their family home if they were willing to move. People used to move entire countries to get a better home and better job, but in Western nations successive generations aren't often even willing to even leave the city, let alone state, in search of a better life, but instead demand WFH, high wages, and low costs, in a city environment...

[@Sfcfan120]

But if she's already living in her house then it's not unoccupied so not really the same is it

[@Shikori_Tsuru]

As someone who's from Moscow, seeing the state of NYC metro is pretty ridiculous, I hope they fix this shit over time.

[@hardrad2009]

Святая правда

[@fennyferrister668]

Won't happen NYC is a center of government corruption. They have a ridiculously high amount of funding, 50-70% of which dissipates into "administration" costs. Conveniently in to organizations run by friends and family of the political elite.

[@Catherine.Dorian.]

The entire city has become ridiculous. A day after that man burned a woman alive two women get stabbed on the subway. The homeless also have pushed people in front of trains and throw flaming liquids at them (long before this recent one)

[@ლუკაფოფხაძე-ღ1ზ]

bro you don't get to talk with half of your population scattered around the world xD

[@lukereid5556]

as someone who's not from moscow, seeing the state of your whole country is pretty ridiculous, i hope you fix your shit pretty soon.

[@SGTRandleOneOne]

As a New Yorker, it's about time. We have to pay to use the subway. It shouldn't be like this.

[@JaredAycock]

liar

[@jakecollado5796]

Paying the bottomless pit that is the MTA should be a tax deductible lol...I'm not joking

[@likagan727]

Check Moscow subway's videos, we have to pay for subway too but nothing remotely close to this

[@Krestshinable]

Agreed. Also isn’t it funny to hear people that don’t live here have all these opinions about homelessness and crime? ask anyone that lives in the city and they will tell you just how bad it’s gotten.

[@Konghammer1]

Y'all voted for this...over...and over...and over again for decades now. Everytime someone else told you to clean it up or try something else your population called us bigots, racist, human garbage. You were warned this would happen, your parents were warned this would happen, hell some of your grandparents were probably warned. Yet you chose to persist and are now scrambling for a solution because people are literally being murdered like it's a street show in Vegas. 🤷

[@tohtorrent]

We ban them like 20 years ago in Russia. It is illegal to sleep in the subway, or beg, or seat on the floor. Not that there would be fine, no. They would be just excorted out.

[@masterbasher9542]

Don't forget the logistics on how cold weather kills harder in Russia...

[@tohtorrent]

@@masterbasher9542 i have not seen dead bodies in Moscow my whole life. somehow they find places to be. And we have a phone line to call if we see ANY homeless sleeping on the street. Services take them, and not in death camp but probably some kind of free housing. To see homeless ppl on the public streets/places in Moscow - EXTREMELY rare thing. Not that they dont exist at all. They are just someplace else, getting some kind of help.

[@hongmeiling6065]

​@@tohtorrent "probably" some kind of housing does numbers. are people there just unaware of what happens? I assume there's shelters

[@InquirerAshen]

When he said "you dont own anything, it's a construct" "the government decides" thats a pretty dangerous thing to say, rights are based around ownership, ownership of your body and property are essential to a free society, if the government can arbitrarily decide who owns what, then everyone within society may as well be slaves. What upsets me is that we are slowly moving toward a society in which that would be true, because many people believe commodities and services can be a human right.

[@xXBoogiepopXx]

Its not a "dangerous thing to say", it's objectively true. What do you think was happening before government existed? People killing and stealing shit and no one batting an eye because it's normal. The concept of "human rights" and "ownership" ARE a construct we made to protect ourselves from ourselves.

[@joev3783]

You bring up a valid point, and have very valid fears, but for what it's worth, the western world really does have it really good. Something a lot of people may not know is that in places even like China, you will be put in prison and fined for following a religion which is not State-Approved over there. This can also happen if you speak poorly of the Chinese government, as they don't actually have the freedom of speech. What I mean to say is that this is a very real thing to fear, and while I don't believe we will get nearly as bad as some countries, I do believe that it is important to never forget how good we have things -- in terms of individual rights. Even places like South Korea requires all men to serve in the military, which thankfully isn't required here (I joined willingly -- though I got disqualified due to medical stuff).

[@chillcharity7610]

Yeah. It's just Asmon filling his bad take quota and he decided to fill it on property rights.

[@MyLifefunthingss]

TLDR: Go read any political science theory on social contracts and you will understand better what he is saying. you misunderstand the concept. the basis of what he is saying without knowing is actually a political science concept - he just doesnt have the right words to explain. Without the "agreement" that we live with called "government" only chaos would exist. think of any third world country as an example. It is a social contract between the people, and government that we ceed power to the governmt to provide rule of law and security. First and formost among the needs for a free society to exist is the "construct" of ownership. That is literally one of the primary functuons of this social agreement we have - is so that SOME authority has the power to come in and say, "yes, that belongs' to x." Without the government to enforce the rule of law, we dont own anything. Ownership is purley and 100% a human contruct supported by the social agreement we have called "government" By no means is what he said saying the governement gets to dictate who owns what. What he said is without goverment no one will come protect your right to "own" something. Unless you do it yourself, and inevitably in the absences of gov - someone more powerful with come take what you have. point blank and simple.

[@MyLifefunthingss]

@@InquirerAshen in fact to share the actual theroy behind what he is saying, you should read Thomas Hobbes, Jean-Jacues Rosseau and John Lock, some of the primary sources of political theory surrounding the "State of nature" that would otherwise exist without some form of social contract I.e - Hegemony, Monarcy, or some other form of political structure to organize society and thus move away from the "chaos" that would exist otherwise.

[@Setsuna012]

Penny didn't kill him. He died later on at the hospital.

[@Aireck174]

I think NY used Penny as a scapegoat so the police would not be blamed. If people knew he died in custody of the police there would likely be riots and it would be another situation that makes cops scared to arrest certain people.

[@rosssoyka860]

He’s still basically the headless horseman apparently

[@williamh.gatesiii8183]

He got choked out and died

[@Setsuna012]

@@williamh.gatesiii8183 Nope.

[@kharnifex]

Need a penny on every carriage

[@SkullivanBones]

important to remember there are homeless people that don't want help, and actively dismiss people offering it. "fixing" the homeless issue is way more complicated and runs way deeper then just putting them in a house.

[@guusgeluk3693]

wrong. they tested this in FInland. they housed homeless people and it turned out cheaper than letting them leave on the street and a lot of them became productive members of society.

[@DlCKWALLACE]

@@guusgeluk3693 Fun fact New York City has 137 homeless shelters with over 140,000 beds, they have more beds than they have homeless people. Homeless people can't drink or do their drugs and so the majority of them avoid homeless shelters. The homeless people in Finland don't compare to those in the US. Completely different culture and mindset.

[@Teixas666]

@@guusgeluk3693 generally the issue with shelters is that they havestrict alcohol and drug use policies that for the safety of its users will disqualify a lot of them. shelters shouldnt be the only measure, you also need ot have the infrastructure ot provide rehab to these people so they can get the help they need towards liftfing themselves out of homelessness.

[@jkmj2728]

@@guusgeluk3693 Did Finland officials use force, or was the environment (uninhabitably cold) force those homeless to cooperate with the Finland Government? If it's the officials, then I don't think the NYC government have the balls to do that at the moment, if it's the environment, well, NYC doesn't have that situation for it to work. This is my observation.

[@JohnRed]

@@guusgeluk3693 Finland is a white country

[@Elzzaw]

6:30 Scotland has manned turnstyles that you have to put your ticket in before you can get entry into the subway. Pretty much ensures that everyone getting on has paid for their ticket.

[@ramy-55]

The quote "NYC is not a real place" is kinda true now lol.

[@carnagepool7564]

That doesn't even make sense.

[@erikhendrickson59]

The NYC subway system move over one BILLION riders annually. The homeless numbers in the thousands. I'd say you do the math, but it's doubtful you can

[@SurferNYC]

True we are in the matrix. I found it funny when they mentioned the 700 million from stolen fare, as its is only 8 days of funding NYC subways. Looking up the budget for the MTA is an eye opener, over 100 million a day (excluding employee pension fund as it isn't separated by subway workers specifically). 700 million is a huge loss but isn't a drop in the bucket of the corrupt money funneling going on.

[@SurferNYC]

Thousands? Funny you forget to add the “hundreds of” in front of the thousands there. 🤣 You are definitely not from the city bro.

[@Xnorre]

@@erikhendrickson59the math everyone else in New York has done and is tired of?

[@VinceP1974]

Neeley was ordered to live in a recovery house and he left. So he had a place to go and chose not to. These people belong in jail

[@TheNotoriousMrDee]

Well, he got "squeezed" in somewhere else..

[@tylerstewart3181]

How is that different from literally any illegal immigrant?

[@DavidJoshua-zc8df]

@@VinceP1974 Well I mean, those shelters aren't very safe, and they also kick everyone out at the buttcrack of dawn anyways to cleanup their mess everyday. And you best be back before dinner at 6pm, otherwise you get locked out and you go hungry for the rest of the night.

[@joodajoo]

@@tylerstewart3181 Put down the meth pipe hunter, there is a reason its called fox facts not facts.

[@purplefreedom1631]

You're entirely wrong, they should have spent NO money persecuting that innocent man who helped stop a deranged druggy. They didn't charge the other 2 that helped. It was clearly malicious prosecution.

[@garrettshore]

be glad they did maliciously prosecute, because now Penny has an airtight case to file suit against the city and his whole ordeal will likely pay out so well that he wont be for want again in life, even if he were to lose the civil suit brought against him by Neely's "father".

[@chanter3978]

My family is going to NYC for Christmas and one of my cousins refuses to use the subway because of how dangerous it is, and I don’t blame her. These changes should have happened a long time ago.

[@MrStark-up6fi]

Have you heard about the woman who was set on fire on the subway?

[@AB-sw4kb]

lol bruh I visited NYC in August and took the subway every day. Different boroughs, everything, nothing ever happened. People just sit on their phones and get off

[@firstorderblade4432]

An illegal immigrant just burned a woman to death in the subway because he wanted a free home in our prisons. Our punishment system is too kind

[@phoneone1371]

Dude iam seeing a homeless person with a 100 dollar pair over Van's on and someone else sleeping on bench with 200 dollar pair of uggs on I can't afford these how do they

[@LiquidusSnakeX]

@@phoneone1371 Well to be fair shoes are very important to homeless people. A cheap pair will just crumble into dust from being out in the elements 24/7 and lots of walking around the city.

[@joshp2080]

​@@phoneone1371bro is literally hating on homeless dudes that got better drip!!!!LMFAO😂😂😂 I CANT! my dude you need to focus on something else

[@raprepriproprupyup3220]

Says a stranger calling someone brother and referring to clothing as drip. Roflmao roflcopter lmao etc.. etc.

[@niquidsnakethetrueantagonist]

We donate unwanted designer wear to our homeless. They probably didn't purchase it.

[@CadillacJak]

If you gave a house to any homeless person they would strip all the copper out of the house. They've already tried this in my city they gave a dozen homelss people aprtments to stay in thay were nice af and they busted all the walls out and they stole all the copper wiring and scrapped it for drug money

[@alexholker1309]

I believe someone can be unable to meet New York rent but still be a normal person who would be grateful for the apartment and not tear it apart for the scrap value. But if your city wants to help them, they can't let the other type of homeless - the type who are slaves to their addictions - turn the place into a slum.

[@tacothunder2298]

Yeah, giving houses to the homeless doesn't solve anything, they need jobs to sustain themselves and those houses.

[@MartinB_Art_Design]

@@CadillacJak The solution is to build a society where people don't need drugs and have access to necessities easily. America makes that impossible.

[@CadillacJak]

@MartinB_Art_Design existence makes that impossible

[@yargolocus4853]

They also tried this is in finland. No more homeless people.

[@MeticulousTechTV]

“They’re building Rust bases” absolutely sent me 😂

[@joshuagop5909]

I live in new york and it doesnt suprise me anymore... we have thrown away our homeless population for decades... how about we take care of our own before we give money to other countries!!!

[@icas80]

Not decades. Guiliani had NYC humming.

[@cmoney163]

Can’t help someone that doesn’t want to be helped

[@jonm8895]

Be the first then and take a homeless person or two into your own home. I bet you will not.

[@float32]

@@cmoney163yes you can. They used to force people into care.

[@darianstarfrog]

​@@cmoney163 well, you can..but you gotta lock em away first.

[@jonm8895]

I have no sympathy for drug users, alcoholics, or people who give zero effort into bettering themselves. If activists feel some type of way then why don’t you open your home to these people? Activists are the first to call the police and the ones calling to defund the police.

[@ssjwes572]

@@oddtimez Yeah the activist are.

[@RandomOldPerson]

@@ssjwes572 They really are though. I’m a liberal who’s been trapped in very low income areas since birth, and have had countless arguments with other liberals and leftists about gun rights because the vast majority of the people who call for defunding the police because they are trained only to stop perceived crimes through violence and intimidation and are just as likely to shoot the homeowners as the home invaders (which many cops are) are the exact same wealthy elites who say I shouldn’t own guns because I can just call the cops if one of my meth head neighbors try to break in, again. Average police response time in my area is 45 minutes. They can’t accept or understand that or what it’s like to live in working class areas, much less to live on the edge of homelessness.

[@chadmrrsn]

Professional activists don't want to fix the problem because if they do they no longer get any money for campaigning

[@SpruceWillis16]

In my country living on the streets is illegal and you can go to jail for it. There are homeless shelters and people are forced to use them. Especially in touristy areas it is heavily enforced, but even in the outer districts if police catches you, you will be spending the night in jail and will be sentenced for community work or jailtime.

[@sleepyrasta420]

Punished for being poor

[@alfredalbert2970]

Not if there was a shelter that was offered to you

[@ssjwes572]

@@sleepyrasta420 Punished for not using the resources that are already there waiting for you... The vast majority of homeless DO NOT WANT to live in shelters.

[@JamesGrim08]

@@sleepyrasta420 What a dumb take after reading his comment. They are willfully ignorant.

[@Seancoltson]

I live in upstate NY and this is just sad. NY is going down the drain, starting at the city.

[@lufuoena]

The thing about outreach that I think most people don't understand is yes sure the homeless can be wimps and not want to get better. But you have to understand these people have given up. These people have come to terms with the idea everyday they wake up literally could not have happened. If you've never been there you won't get what it feels like. Giving up is something that takes a massive effort to turn around. Like you have to promise these people they can finally have a future. Some of these people do not trust life at all. They know how BAD bad luck can get. One thing that will ruminate in these peoples head is, they know how evil this world is. You're not even promising me anything. I can get off of drugs, I can be in this home but it can be taken away from me just as easy if not easier. This home isn't mine, the job I'll get isn't secure. I get up off this floor to try again at life to get knocked right back down. AND you can't blame them all of us with a decent life know how hard this shi gets and these people have faced the literal boot, they are traumatized and when they get back into society no one is gonna care still and will gladly traumatize them AGAIN, and AGAIN, just for fun. Edit: "If they don't want to help themselves, I can't help them." I pray one day you don't get screwed in life so hard, or you make a mistake so bad it ruins you completely to the point the strength required, the indominable strength required, the resolve required to not only make a change but to stay on the path when life is still knocking you down. I hope people don't ignore you as they prject the assumption that you're where you are because you simply don't want any help. The world is not so black and white and maybe yall need to be at the bottom of a mountain to get that everyone doesn't get tot he bottom in the same way, and people aren't stuck their for the same reason. Every single person on that ground wants to get on the mountain, but belief is different than having the physical strength to do it. TO have a misstep while climbing damn near falling right back to the bottom and sitll having to keep going. God forbid you have to feel that weight on your soul. You are not as strong as you think you are Mr. I can get better if I want it. Some people in this world are so evil they could give a rats arse what you want. You'll reach the top and they'll kick you down just for fun. This is not even scratching the surface. Ok you see someone wants help these people. I hope yall see reality that getting to the top of the mountain is not a straight shot because hurr durr I believe and want. How long are you going to stick with someone through the very real rocky path and you not even their family. Their own family prolly gave up on them, are you really gonna step up to the plate because these people need more than money they need a heart. They need to know someone loves them. That's the real proof if you give a f like you really say you would. Would you hug a homeless person? Not just throw cash at em like a stwippa. Or at least shake their hand. Talk to em. Get to know their story so you can figure out what they really need emotionally to have a fire in their spirit again. Prolly not. There's no shame in honesty.

[@AxelordSMIJES]

Very well said and absolutely true. As a former drug addict who is no stranger to having slept and lived on the streets (albeit by choice, in a way, as I could have gone home anytime if I got sober), I know what it is to feel so defeated that you just don't care anymore whether you live or die. You don't have the balls to unalive yourself, but at the same time you pretty much wish you won't wake up the next morning every night. It's a vicious cycle and no human being deserves that sort of suffering - if we spent a fraction of a percent of what we spend on defense on homelessness, we could ACTUALLY help these people reintegrate into society and, by extension, help them be able to contribute to society again, and it would literally benefit everyone in the country. But we don't. Because it's politicized and vilified and nobody wants to be the ones who have a homeless shelter or subsidized/affordable housing in their backyard (the NIMBY issue, or Not in My Backyard). How many of these people are veterans? I promise you, nobody wakes up one morning and just decides they want to be homeless. Yes, there are often poor decisions involved, but I firmly believe it will always be better to help lift these people back onto their feet so that they can take part in society in a meaningful and productive way. Just my take.

[@3dstaco]

Mandatory military style rehabilitation. If you don't follow marching orders, all you get is water. After a few days of no food, anyone can have a change of perspective. No drugs, no food, force to move... No choice for apathy. Then get the hardened men a job even if it's shitty. Is it sympathetic to force them into this harden state? No. But it's evil to let them rot in pessimism.(Even if the pessimism is valid) Of course the ideal is fixing the middle class economy, but that's a pipe dream at this rate.

[@oneyhoney]

I’m going into medical, we had a brief project regarding providing intervention to homeless clients. Good choice of words “mistrust” is exactly correct. Nothing is guaranteed in life but there is always a choice. There is always a choice to improve or to sink lower. You have to want it yourself, no one can want it more than you. No one should care about you more than you should care about yourself. You can only help these people as much as they want it themselves.

[@Arvak777]

Very much agree. I wish there was an easy fix for it too. I've been down in my life too but I had a support group, a way out and hope to get me out. These people often had nothing and came from situations of abuse after abuse. This was somebody's baby and now they're covered in filth. Being kind to them and buying them food is one thing but how could it all be fixed?

[@lufuoena]

@@oneyhoney I respectfully disagree. Think about it like this. If regular people need at least 70k to feel decent if not more(middle class is abolished!). A person coming just off the street is barely making 25 if that, especially if they don't live in a city. And any set back is A REAL SET BACK. If the shelter I stayed at wasn't nice to me because they saw I was a good person(I got no record and I only smoke weed!!). I would've been on the street again just because people at my jobs have an issue with me they don't want to tell me but rather bully me(I figured out I have autism). That makes it worse I can't tell people I have all these conditions I wont get hired!! I learned real quick jobs don't care about your work ethic but how you fit into the social culture. It's not easy to just get a job. I gotta keep the job. Now tell me if you've been homeless for a while. You are not caring about social norms. You Just want to maintain the little stability you have. I have been in and out of jobs for 5 years trying to better myself thinking I just gotta keep my head strong. If it wasn't for my dads side of my family finding me, I would've ended my life because I couldn't do it anymore. It was making me go insane that I am following this advice. I want to do better. I get stopped every time I try. And this is not the only thing that could stop a person. I'm not the only who face this trying to re-enter society. There are people who want to get better but know society is not accepting them at their best or at their worst. And I say all this respectfully!

[@Pers0n97]

Advocating for the homeless to have the right to occupy the subway is the same thing than advocating for people to be able to piss against a wall rather than using the public restroom.

[@Lvl22Cowboy]

How many bathrooms exists? How affordable is said bathroom?? 😂

[@andrewadhiatma7037]

​@@Lvl22Cowboy You pay to use bathroom?

[@UnknownZom]

@@andrewadhiatma7037 They got parking meter coin slots to open the bathroom like a gumball machine. (cost's 75cents to open) ((Haven't seen them in years though because I stopped traveling but seen them mostly in tourist locations))

[@Pers0n97]

@@Lvl22Cowboy Every can see the dumb gotcha you tried to pull here, but it's so disconnected with the actual case it just make you look dumb. This isn't about the affordability and availability of housing, it's about the use of public space, try to keep up instead of jumping on your lefty script.

[@layeetskeeters9244]

LA Metro commuter here, LAPD do daily homeless sweps during peak commuting hours in the early mornings. Bus transportation is a different story, every once in a while you get a crazy guy shouting screaming and verbally abusing passengers.

[@jacobc7643]

Simple solution, any homeless who submits to a drug test and WANTS help gets all the rehab and support they need, anyone who denies to get clean gets absolute nothing but a dark jail cell and a wet cot.

[@AmazingTSDO]

Just sent them to Canada

[@hanahinao3684]

bro its winter now and one day morning in one of the tunnel of the underground in montreal , there were so many homeless people sleeping and with someone's puke at the front door , it was so unbearble i had to walk around 10 more minutes to avoid that.

[@kinbolluck476]

(*^-゜)vThanks!

[@archabolt1446]

Speaking of unhoused, undocumented. I saw a patch/ bumper sticker, if illegal immigrants are undocumented, then a drug dealer is an un liscensed pharmacist. 😂

[@SiresOrbwits-oi8mz]

Technically yes, also unlicensed vendors.

[@xpeterson]

The homeless have plenty of places to go. There are so many programs and shelters, often empty because they have some form of drug policy. And why would they when they’re allowed to live wherever they want, plus use the drugs openly in the middle of the road while blocking traffic?

[@Aireck174]

If I was homeless I would be scared to go to those places because its full of crazy homeless people. I would drive far out to a lake with fish and just fish all day and live in my car.

[@xpeterson]

@ sounds like if you were homeless, people wouldn’t have any problem with the homeless

[@MeldinX2]

Yes but if you have an extreme drug addiction then you wont be able to not take drugs to stay at the shelters. Why are people acting like they can just choose to stop taking drugs. They would get extreme withdrawal symptoms if they tried.

[@xpeterson]

@@MeldinX2 you can only make excuses for so long. Theft is often a result of other issues, often time issues that make the thief look like the victim. We can deal with it emphatically until it becomes rampant and pervasive, negatively affecting innocent bystanders and costing millions. After a certain point, continuing to try to justify or excuse bad behavior is only going to make more enemies than solve anything

[@MeldinX2]

@@xpeterson It's not an excuse. Obviously something needs to be done. But lets not act like it's not a social issue. The whole issue has gotten WAY WAY worse in just a 10 year period. And it's getting worse even still.People should ask the question, ''Why is it increasing? Why is this happening?'' and find a real solution.

[@malirk]

Asmond, Can you not promote videos that use AI images and DONT say the images are AI generated? This is literally creating a false narrative by showing pictures that are not real to promote ideas. There are problems but AIing images of a hyperbolic version of the problem only seeks to fear-monger.

[@pieterpuk7684]

Napkin math time: NYC has 472 subway stations. Lets say an employee costs about 70k for a 40 hour work week (actual NYC livable wage pay + healthcare benefits, vacation replacement etc). You need 4.2 FTE to keep it staffed 24/7 if they take zero vacations, so lets round up to 4.5 FTE to have one person in every subway station at all times. 4.5 x 70k is 315k yearly per station. Thats 149 million yearly to have one dude at every station. Lets say you actually need 3-4 dudes per station because they can't be expected to 1v2 or 1v3, and you need guys posted at every gate. So you are looking at 447 million to 596 million in labour costs. We are not counting any training, equipment, management, administrative costs, payouts for injury or death on the job, lawsuits for every time these dudes fuck up (and they absolutely will) and they need an office to do all this shit from. If the 700 mil figure is accurate, I doubt there is an actual financial benefit to it. Can't argue with the fact that there is a definite benefit in terms of social order and the quality of life for both the homeless people who need forced help, those who can be guided to being functioning as "regular" citizens and those in between.

[@jefftaylor1186]

That’s why you only have them at the top 50 stations that account for 85% of the fare evasion.

[@IPATI21CIK]

So about a billion dollars a year is crazy for us to solve one of our own problems with, but hundreds of billions to Ukraine were not even gonna question it. Got it.

[@darthbumblebee7310]

Most of the 700 mil isn’t from the subway. The majority of that is from people not paying for the buses

[@maximilianthiel8485]

@@IPATI21CIKthat’s not how it works

[@mbburry4759]

Cant fix subway problems with old ifvs, outdated artillery systems, and soon to expire himars and patriots missles @IPATI21CIK

[@lifeofasalesman01]

Homelessness in our own country? B-b-but what about the citizens in other countries! 🥺🥺🥺

[@IncredibleFlyinSquid]

42:43 "I think that the anti homeless architecture is stupid, because like you shouldn't need anti homeless architecture because you shouldn't have homeless people sleeping on this shit to begin with." Possibly the best take I've heard, kind of Captain Hindsight of you, but it's ridiculous anyone has to point it out in the first place.

[@lgrodev]

10:45 - By your own logic-if property and ownership are purely defined by the government-then any forcible seizure of one’s belongings, including taxation, constitutes theft under that same construct.

[@kingjabon]

To the people that are saying we should help the homeless, you can't help someone when they dont want it. The only way to get to the level of homelessness is to remove yourself from everything and everyone.

[@darianstarfrog]

Exactly.. I know first hand, 10yrs homeless experience, it's completely true

[@JohnRed]

None of the people saying ''help the homeless'' are serious. It's virtue signaling showing how much they care about a problem they literally do not care about and have done nothing to help fix, it's impotent rage against the rich and channeling their daddy issues and for some of them the homeless are just a tool to push their agenda like saying ''heh, we should take care of the homeless before we give money to ukraine'' when they just want to stop giving money to ukraine and don't actually want that money be given to crackheads on the street. If people cared so much about the homeless they'd give them money, food and housing. Many have tried that and it never ends well. Writing words on the internet isn't actually helping the homeless.

[@WolvesinFrance]

Benches are divided to stop sleeping on them targeting the homeless.

[@nothanks9503]

Meanwhile they should have actual beds for them richest country my ass

[@lucasljs1545]

There is that video of a guy in NY getting stabbed by trying to run and tripping in one of these benches LMAO

[@ssjwes572]

@@nothanks9503 Like they would use it...

[@disalazarg]

​@@nothanks9503lawl, they do. They even mention it in the video.

[@rayhoover9357]

One guy here in Portland, actually had a whole ass apartment inside of the bottom of the Bridge.

[@RandomNerd.]

When he said you don’t own anything I looked over at my guns… I own things

[@TaintedStaff]

Where the hell is the money in NYC going?

[@ms3862]

On rent

[@Aireck174]

Illegal immigrants. NYC invited 7 billion people and never thought about what they would do if a few million took the invite.

[@ericl1421]

Should watch Louis Rossmann's videos on him dealing with NYC bureaucracy. One of the most incompetent local governments out there. Probably takes them $15 to do what a competent person can do with $1.

[@Teixas666]

@@Aireck174 somethnig maint mathing there.. 7 billion people?

[@Aireck174]

@@Teixas666 There is 7 to 8 billion people in the world. If you say everyone in the world is welcome to illegally cross the border, you are inviting 7 to 8 billion people.

[@hamrntong]

The average citizens that are just trying to proceed with life are an afterthought with these issues.

[@2020_Visi0n]

Ye so about 60% of those people are one missed paycheck away from being in the exact same position

[@VladThyKing]

everyday i take the subway im always looking over my shoulder. Im never at peace down there

[@joejanota707]

As someone who was homeless three separate times. Homelessness should be illegal. Survival of the fittest is dead. Otherwise the tables would completely flip. Those rust bases are going to get teared down because the land they are on, belong to someone else. No one in their right mind can believe that purposefully being homeless is a good thing. Make it illegal. Had I gone to prison the first time I was homeless, I would have gotten the help I needed. The help I only got the third time around. By making it illegal, you start to uncover reasons people become homeless. Regardless, being in jail or prison gets them somewhere safe, or at least safer than the streets. It forces government intervention. Making someone homeless, making yourself homeless or finding yourself without a fixed address. Needs to be illegal for this issue to go away. Though it will never happen, because people mistakenly believe there is something free about it.

[@CuteAnimeGirl]

If it's going to be illegal maybe have some cheap places people can live? In Japan they have almost no homeless on the streets because they can just live in a manga cafe for $20 a night. They just need to do day labor to afford that.

[@EventHoriXZ0n]

It’s not the government’s place to motivate you to do better for yourself by making your self destructive behavior illegal. Being obese should not be illegal. Cheating on your partner should not be illegal. Performing poorly at your job should not be illegal.

[@joejanota707]

@@CuteAnimeGirl Government intervention. Plus, wording on any legislation. Making someone homeless by increasing the rent or being none negotiable on the rent is still making someone homeless.

[@CuteAnimeGirl]

@@EventHoriXZ0n I think the main issue is drugs which the government should take care of, to protect the public. In other countries where there's less drugs the homeless population is lower, especially if there are cheap places to live like internet cafes where you can stay overnight.

[@EventHoriXZ0n]

@@CuteAnimeGirl well concerning drug use, non-prescription hard drugs and drug use are already illegal. So if anyone is going to jail it would be for that, not being homeless really

[@olivierlafontaine9180]

The hierarchy to get access to ressources is upside down.

[@olivierlafontaine9180]

This system is design in the interest of the shareholders, thats what i meant. I am not 100% positive it can be changed in the actual system. My comment got banned, the other side of the turret joke is unacceptable..

[@giantdinoboy8264]

Primarily it's a social service issue but the accumulation of wealth isn't helping.

[@giantdinoboy8264]

We need to improve social services to create job opportunities such as home construction and public servants that help connect people with jobs but the government hiring people and collecting rent from the new residents after they move in would be a horrible solution because it's not Capitalist. But what about the homeless who do drugs or the ones who don't pay rent for many months? It's not hard to tell who is doing drugs or not paying rent and a low-security prison with counseling is the best solution for them.

[@paytonturner1421]

I think there's an issue with affordable housing and helping reintegrate homeless people back into society also the working force.

[@Underworlddream]

Maybe bring back Mental Institute for those that are too far gone or don't want help because they like being homeless.

[@jcflores1774]

A lot of them refuse to work or change though. Its not a question of opportunity.

[@InfamousX1000]

the sad reality is that this wouldn’t actually solve homelessness, the majority of homeless people just don’t have the mental state to maintain a home, whether it is drug addiction, mental issues or just a choice itself. this is just one of those issues where you cant throw a lot of money at it to make it go away

[@paytonturner1421]

@jcflores1774 I think it's still important to have options for people who want it.

[@Johnsmithhjoe]

@@paytonturner1421 there are options. Every city in the US spends millions in affordable housing, social care programs, etc. That’s on top of the churches and private charities. This homeless problem exponentially increased with the closure of mental institutes.

[@Kenneth-p6j]

U.S. gives billions for war, how about helping americans here?

[@vods840]

the homeless has no $ to lobby for it

[@slycooper9505]

10:45 People really need to absorb and understand how true that statement really is.

[@talkingmyshhhtv]

Affordable housing in NYC starts at $1800 for a studio, smfh that’s not affordable even for working people

[@Aireck174]

If you vote for progressive policies you better be rich enough to afford the high costs of "free" stuff or poor enough to depend on the crumbs from the rich. The middle can't survive under progressive rule.

[@txdmsk]

This has NOTHING to do with housing costs. It's about drugs and mental illness. But mostly drugs.

[@matthewscott7433]

It’s NYC all they have to do is self identify as homeowners.

[@bstybyz3]

22:49 "Ooooooo, Who lives in the subway under New York? Boxhead Bagpants!"

[@MrStark-up6fi]

HAHAHAHA

[@Neon-jn3sp]

99% of right wing ideology is simply common sense, realized by people whom understand the harsh reality of the world. Call it radical. We call it bitter compassion.

[@ZX-Gear]

The Ghost of Daniel Penny gets vindication. And he ain't even dead.

[@bsavagestudios]

Another video that I posted in the sub reddit for react content that got removed by moderators... Yet here we are once again reacting to the same exact video anyways...

[@o-pwrdhd]

Cause you and me are normies, No one knows we exist except our locals

[@CALAMITY0FHYRULE]

Could be that it was posted by others so they just took out additional posts of the vid

[@bsavagestudios]

@@CALAMITY0FHYRULE I could see that as a possibility even though I posted it about 15 minutes after the original video went up but the reason the mods gave was that it was political and political content is not allowed.

[@CALAMITY0FHYRULE]

@@bsavagestudios well that's unfortunate

[@lucasljs1545]

@@CALAMITY0FHYRULE no, only selected people are allowed to post certain topics in certain subs. That's why the site is dying.

[@Moose19]

they should send the homeless to the actavists homes

[@ms3862]

Send to Ukraine

[@ryana5435]

Actavists?

[@drenixdennis4121]

I’m sure those on The right would gladly accept them since they suddenly care about other people.

[@joshsalmons1867]

Areas under democrat leadership are very depressing. If you give people loopholes, they're going to take them. Some people would do anything to not have to work. That's not counting the drug addicts.

[@adamradoncic3126]

Us new yorkers are tired of this shit, dude the other day was about to fight this passed out drunk dude for taking up space when his crippled relative needed to sit

[@MrRyuken555]

You need to stop voting blue. Otherwise things will never change.

[@SageOfLimitlessHands]

But yall don't elect people to solve the problem

[@Aireck174]

45% of NYers are tired of it. The 55% are still voting for progressives who want to continue down this road.

[@fabledartificer024]

As someone who's currently homeless in a big city, I can tell you why they're on the street instead of at a shelter. They want to use drugs, drink booze, and not follow rules. Shelters have rules, crazy I know. The rules are few in number and easy to follow, and yet homeless people will still think it's "dumb sh*t" and "I'm a grown-a** man, nobody tells me what to do". I hear those two phrases every day. Being homeless and trying to find a job and get into a housing program has removed any empathy I once had for the homeless. It's ironic, isn't it?

[@Gengar1994]

Stay strong brother

[@torwynd3131]

I would say it depends on where you are and how old you are as well as if you are male or female. Not all people who avoid shelters just want to get high. There is large amounts of sexual assault, abuse and robbery that happens at those shelters, especially to older people and women. I personally believe we need a Housing First program in this country tied to both job and drug counseling. Its been very effective in Finland for example and 3 or 4 out of 5 retain long term housing and employment.

[@NunyaBizness-t2q]

Ok druggie

[@Ichibuns]

Tell them you're an immigrant without identification. See if they suddenly treat you differently

[@Aireck174]

I've thought about that but never had the balls. Cop pulls you over for some nonsense/ Guy: I am here illegally, officer and have no ID Cop: ok sir you are free to go

[@deusmechanica4608]

most offensive thing is this entire video is at 15:22 As a dutch guy, everytime I see it, I get angry

[@kidren50]

11:00 Bro, goverment doesn't define ownership. They literally "define" it through force and confiscation. Ownership exists prior to government. Governments are created through ownership and imposed force. If it's a necessary evil or not, that's a a different discussion but taxation IS THEFT at it's simplest definition, or better, extortion.

[@SiresOrbwits-oi8mz]

Your gun isn't going to stop the government's military if they really wanted to take your land. Plus if you resist then you're the one in trouble. So yeah, you don't own anything anymore.

[@kygoers]

This is strange this video is not showing up for me had to click the notification to find it. When going to the most recent videos on the channel it’s not listed on there.

[@FerociousSniper]

My first comment didn't show up, and when I kept switching back and forth between new and top comments to refresh, the buttons just disappeared. The freaking top/new comment buttons just disappeared. Almost like YT didn't want me to keep trying to refresh until my comment showed up.

[@NetGhost420]

The whole public, taxpayer argument, is invalid. If you don’t pay taxes, you shouldn’t get those taxpayer benefits.

[@NunyaBizness-t2q]

This guy thinks income tax is the only tax in this country. 😆

[@brianjohnson5272]

Asmon, NYCa entire government doesnt have the power to purge the commonly used lines let alone the ones in disuse. This proclomation will ne at best half heartedly attempted at worst the tunnel gangs are going to protect their turf and NYC will abandon the subways.

[@benbecic7401]

Just have 1 guard on the train that walks the carts scanning tickets.

[@masterbasher9542]

I hope one day at this rate. That NYC does more than abandon the tunnels. But seal and fill them up so nobody can use it illegally.

[@motodrang4287]

“ 0:55 They have a right to use…” F off, they don’t pay taxes.

[@NunyaBizness-t2q]

Everyone says taxes in this country. You ever hear of a sales tax, mongo Lloyd?

[@rawdawg9381]

After Geraldo did an expose' on an underfunded, poorly ran sanitarium in the late 70's , we went from approximately 1400 mental institutions to to about 500 now, and with population increase, and people getting crazier everyday, it has been a recipe for disaster cooking for 40 years😑

[@Spoops_]

It’s not $700 million in losses, it’s $700 million in potential gains that they didn’t get. The same concept as sharing Netflix accounts, Netflix didn’t lose out on that money because a majority of the those people likely would have never paid for Netflix in the first place

[@latortugapicante719]

I don’t think the Netflix comparison is great. The transportation is necessary part of these people’s lives

[@tyrone_shoelace_says]

While I don’t disagree, worth mentioning that nobody needs Netflix while many rail jumpers need the transportation the subway offers.

[@buzzsawkhan]

While I see your point, there is also a significant flaw in your analogy: seats. Netflix is only limited by their server space (which is practically infinite), but every turnstile jumper takes a spot on the subway, a seat that a paying person doesn't get to sit in.

[@kinbolluck476]

They stole a ticket. Also opportunity cost is a very studied idea with lots of background literature

[@disalazarg]

They generate much higher wear-and-tear than a general passenger, though.

[@fernandogimenez7520]

Why NY are placing illegal immigrants on hotels but homeless americans sleep on trains?

[@kinbolluck476]

Bureaucracy that is highly paid

[@overthemoon34]

Generally, asylum seekers aren't allowed to work until their claim has been processed, homeless people (while not able to get a job) have no legal barrier to them not being able to work.

[@DlCKWALLACE]

@@overthemoon34 Then they could house the homeless people until they can find work. If they show proof they're really trying to find work though.

[@overthemoon34]

@@DlCKWALLACE You're right, they should, but I wouldn't trust American politicians to solve a McDonald's kids maze.

[@kinbolluck476]

@DlCKWALLACE you could even simply stop rewarding illegal entry by not paying them

[@bitpine]

Lets follow Asmon's logic like he does with chatters, 10 million at 100k/yr means youd have 100 people working towards this goal. Chances are they're going to be more helpful to the others citizens as well as doing the requirements of the job. Oh wait thats sounds pretty good, whats if its not enough people? Add another 100 and were still saving 700 million? Ok, what are the downsides again?

[@spacejunk2186]

When I was in NYC I saw the biggest rats I could imagine in the subway.

[@newhope33]

Should live near docks I've seen rats the size of large cats.

[@j.augustine1078]

thats racist

[@isimiel3405]

@@j.augustine1078 so your implying only minority's can be homeless now THATS pretty Racist

[@swahler34]

MTA employees?

[@KnightsTempura]

Just buy a house

[@NunyaBizness-t2q]

K just loan me 300 grand for a house

[@TheMinorsRap]

The fact he says taxation isn't theft really tells me why he is as big as he is.

[@Grace-ey7pk]

Right…it was disappointing to hear him say that and that “you don’t actually own everything”. What? So we don’t work hard to achieve and have the things we want? And that gives the government permission to take your money? What about “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness” part in our country?

[@pjbpiano]

​@@Grace-ey7pk, those rights are also given to you by your government.

[@Grace-ey7pk]

@@pjbpiano true, but the whole point of them setting up our government was to break away from the taxing of the British government… Because they thought the colonies weren’t represented enough and government was tyrannical. I don’t think that the amount we are taxed today is justified by how the government runs currently.

[@swahler34]

​@@pjbpianoThat's incorrect. The US government is forced to recognize our rights as inherent per the constitution. Rights aren't granted. We're born with them.

[@OwiggumX]

Taxation is theft. What happens if you don't pay taxes? You get arrested. It's literally forceful taking of your money, which is defined as theft.

[@MrStark-up6fi]

Facts bro

[@adamkorte]

Cool story bro