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Heretical_i<p>Institutionalization specialist out. New one to take her place. That IS what these agencies are and the INSTITUTIONALIZABLE are the ONLY PEOPLE they EVER serve. B/c <a href="https://kafeneio.social/tags/PovertyPimps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PovertyPimps</span></a> for grant money from the <a href="https://kafeneio.social/tags/PovertyIndustrialComplex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PovertyIndustrialComplex</span></a>, and NONE OF IT is available to desperate workers until theyre on drugs alcohol or fall apart mentally. Actually, 'pimp' is wrong. They're <a href="https://kafeneio.social/tags/PovertyProstitutes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PovertyProstitutes</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://kafeneio.social/tags/LosAngeles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LosAngeles</span></a> <a href="https://kafeneio.social/tags/homeless" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>homeless</span></a> chief to resign after the county guts her agency<br><a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-04-04/los-angeles-homeless-chief-to-resign-after-the-county-guts-her-agency" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">latimes.com/california/story/2</span><span class="invisible">025-04-04/los-angeles-homeless-chief-to-resign-after-the-county-guts-her-agency</span></a> <a href="https://kafeneio.social/tags/Homelessness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Homelessness</span></a></p>
Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️<p>Lululemon billionaire / far-right political activist Chip Wilson Denounces BC NDP as Communists<br>1 day later<br>BC Conservative Leader John Rustad Accuses BC Premier David Eby of Being a Communist<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113250766674180983" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@persagen/1132</span><span class="invisible">50766674180983</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ChipWilson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChipWilson</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Lululemon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lululemon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WealthTax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WealthTax</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FarRight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FarRight</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TakeBackAlberta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TakeBackAlberta</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JohnRustad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JohnRustad</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>propaganda</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VancouverIsDying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VancouverIsDying</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/homelessness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>homelessness</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PovertyIndustrialComplex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PovertyIndustrialComplex</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/discrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>discrimination</span></a></p>
Heretical_i<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://pdx.social/@mikemccaffrey" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mikemccaffrey</span></a></span> until the funds run out, then back to the street, brokenhearted and psychologically worse off for the experience. The Roomkey program in SF for example, out of a hundreds of CSW/NGO enriching SCAMS.</p><p>They have ZERO INTEREST in solving the problem as long as they MAKE MONEY on the problem... the <a href="https://kafeneio.social/tags/PovertyIndustrialComplex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PovertyIndustrialComplex</span></a>.</p>
Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️<p>/1<br>Joe Lonsdale's Cicero Institute churned out anti-homeless model act (bill/legislation)</p><p>[thread] Poverty industrial complex | demonization, criminalization of homelessness<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/@persagen/111025108282701968" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@persagen/1110</span><span class="invisible">25108282701968</span></a></p><p>Chip Wilson (Lululemon): Pacific Prosperity Network<br>Joe Lonsdale: Cicero Institute</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/@persagen/112855119889004716" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@persagen/1128</span><span class="invisible">55119889004716</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/@persagen/111076191794600748" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@persagen/1110</span><span class="invisible">76191794600748</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JoeLonsdale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JoeLonsdale</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Palantir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palantir</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CiceroInstitute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CiceroInstitute</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/homelessness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>homelessness</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AntiHomeless" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AntiHomeless</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/discrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>discrimination</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ModelActs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ModelActs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PovertyIndustrialComplex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PovertyIndustrialComplex</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/corporations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corporations</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poverty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poverty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>propaganda</span></a></p>
Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️<p>/1</p><p>... SCOTUS' / billionaires' / far-right's demonization / criminalization of homeless.</p><p>City of Grants Pass v. Johnson: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_Grants_Pass_v._Johnson" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_</span><span class="invisible">Grants_Pass_v._Johnson</span></a></p><p>Homelessness is not / should not be a crime.<br>People have a right to exist.</p><p>Pushing the Homeless Somewhere<br><a href="https://www.dcreport.org/2024/08/01/pushing-the-homeless-somewhere" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">dcreport.org/2024/08/01/pushin</span><span class="invisible">g-the-homeless-somewhere</span></a></p><p>* 630,000+ homeless in America<br>* spike in # of 1st-time homeless who have jobs, cannot afford homes</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/homelessness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>homelessness</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poverty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poverty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/discrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>discrimination</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PovertyIndustrialComplex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PovertyIndustrialComplex</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PrivateEquity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrivateEquity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inflation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a></p>
Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️<p>Addendum 4<br>Chris Rufo/Manhattan Institute<br>Joe Lonsdale /Cicero Institute <br>Heritage Foundation<br>Demonization, criminalization, monetization of homelessness</p><p>Why the Right Is Winning Its War on Unhoused People<br>Attitude toward homeless angrier, crueler, more overtly violent<br><a href="https://www.thenation.com/article/society/unhoused-right-rhetoric-homelessness" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thenation.com/article/society/</span><span class="invisible">unhoused-right-rhetoric-homelessness</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DefundBillionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DefundBillionaires</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>propaganda</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FarRight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FarRight</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/neoconservatism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>neoconservatism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/homelessness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>homelessness</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JoeLonsdale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JoeLonsdale</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CiceroInstitute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CiceroInstitute</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PovertyIndustrialComplex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PovertyIndustrialComplex</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EricAdams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EricAdams</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ChrisRufo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChrisRufo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ManhattanInstitute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ManhattanInstitute</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HeritageFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HeritageFoundation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CultureWars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CultureWars</span></a></p>
Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️<p>[thread] Billionaires Chip Wilson/Joe Lonsdale<br>CW Lululemon; Pacific Prosperity Network<br>JL Cicero Institute, anti-homeless bills</p><p>* demonization/criminalization of homelessness</p><p>Chip Wilson/TBA Posting Homophobic Memes abt Justin Trudeau<br><a href="https://pressprogress.ca/a-right-wing-group-funded-by-lululemons-founder-is-posting-homophobic-memes-about-justin-trudeau" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">pressprogress.ca/a-right-wing-</span><span class="invisible">group-funded-by-lululemons-founder-is-posting-homophobic-memes-about-justin-trudeau</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FarRight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FarRight</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/protofascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protofascism</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CanPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CanPol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ChipWilson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChipWilson</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TakeBackAlberta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TakeBackAlberta</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TBA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TBA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>propaganda</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VancouverIsDying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VancouverIsDying</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/copagada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>copagada</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JoeLonsdale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JoeLonsdale</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CiceroInstitute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CiceroInstitute</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ModelActs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ModelActs</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poverty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poverty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/homelessness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>homelessness</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AffordableHousing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AffordableHousing</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PovertyIndustrialComplex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PovertyIndustrialComplex</span></a></p>
Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️<p>Addendum 8</p><p>Landlords’ Anti-Rent-Control Argument Is B.S.<br><a href="https://socialistproject.ca/2023/08/landlords-anti-rent-control-argument-is-pure-bs" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">socialistproject.ca/2023/08/la</span><span class="invisible">ndlords-anti-rent-control-argument-is-pure-bs</span></a></p><p>* landlords, their defenders can’t defend the indefensible: rents soaring 92% in last decade<br>* squeezes working class tenants while corporate landlords like Essex ($408-million 2022 profits), Equity ($807-million), Avalon Bay ($1.1-billion) enrich billionaire class</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poverty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poverty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AffordableHousing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AffordableHousing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RentControl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RentControl</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SocialistProject" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialistProject</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PrivateEquity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrivateEquity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DefundBillionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DefundBillionaires</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WealthInequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WealthInequality</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PovertyIndustrialComplex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PovertyIndustrialComplex</span></a></p>
Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️<p>Addendae 1</p><p>Criminalizing Poverty: America’s War Against the Poor<br><a href="https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/08/04/criminalizing-poverty-americas-war-against-the-poor" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">counterpunch.org/2023/08/04/cr</span><span class="invisible">iminalizing-poverty-americas-war-against-the-poor</span></a></p><p>* poverty affects 37.9 million Americans incl. 11 million children<br>* tendency in U.S. to treat poverty as if it were leprosy, a contagious disease to be avoided by good &amp; healthy people<br>* seeing rise of a “war on poverty” - e.g. laws by both conservative/liberal local governments criminalize panhandling</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poverty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poverty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/homelessness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>homelessness</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WealthInequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WealthInequality</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/discrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>discrimination</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PovertyIndustrialComplex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PovertyIndustrialComplex</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/debt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>debt</span></a></p>
Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️<p>American poverty is calamity by design<br>Matthew Desmond explains roots of poverty in America exploitation; willful policies at all levels of government that keep people trapped in precarity<br><a href="https://therealnews.com/american-poverty-is-a-calamity-by-design" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">therealnews.com/american-pover</span><span class="invisible">ty-is-a-calamity-by-design</span></a></p><p>EDIT: watch this!<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCyCfNnXGOE" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=WCyCfNnXGO</span><span class="invisible">E</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/675683/poverty-by-america-by-matthew-desmond" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">penguinrandomhouse.com/books/6</span><span class="invisible">75683/poverty-by-america-by-matthew-desmond</span></a><br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Desmond" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_</span><span class="invisible">Desmond</span></a></p><p>* 50 million Americans live in poverty<br>* Millions w/o running water, reliable power<br>* Countless children experience food insecurity, homelessness</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poverty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poverty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PovertyIndustrialComplex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PovertyIndustrialComplex</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a></p>
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