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sabreW4K3 to Late Stage Capitalism@lemmygrad.mlEnglish · 1 year ago

They're Always Targeting The Homeless

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They're Always Targeting The Homeless

sabreW4K3 to Late Stage Capitalism@lemmygrad.mlEnglish · 1 year ago
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  • itsgroundhogdayagain@lemmy.ml
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    Thank goodness they left the wheelchair user a backrest.

    • crawancon@lemm.eeBanned from community
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      yeah, like why do they roam around on those wheel chairs with no backrest, looking like a Flintstone gokart

  • halyk.the.red@lemmy.ml
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    People in wheelchairs are actually excited to be 5 inches forward of everyone they’re trying to talk to. The handles hitting the bench backrest is the inclusivity they crave.

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    Also this doesn’t help disabled people at all. It’s anti-homeless, plain and simple, there’s no “social justice” spin they can make of this.

  • SadArtemis🏳️‍⚧️@lemmygrad.ml
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    Imagine the money that went into consulting about these anti-homeless measures*, designing them*, going through the processes of manufacturing and installing them, and disposing of the perfectly usable and superior benches afterwards.

    *(not actually difficult, but it’s capitalism, we all know whatever was responsible for this was grifting on the side)

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    They actually went through with this design? Last I saw it it was just concept art being thrown around.

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      They did.

      https://gript.ie/fg-councillor-we-need-more-of-these-wheelchair-friendly-park-benches/

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        Ffs why not just put a group of chairs at this point?

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          You can’t use that for meaningless optics. Plus you have to spend precious capital creating a new design, whereas with this you can use the old design, make a tiny alteration that saves you money on material, and cash in on the contract.

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