Menu

Tech Billionaires Accelerate Homelessness Crisis | naked capitalism
📰
0

Tech Billionaires Accelerate Homelessness Crisis | naked capitalism

naked capitalism·Conor Gallagher·20 days ago
#ZfHl4URx
Reading 0:00
15s threshold

Homeless policy in the US has long been a man-made disaster. In 2024, the most recent estimate, had a record number of 771,480 individuals experiencing homelessness—and that’s believed to be an undercount . But there’s a reason many of the tech elite are often referred to as accelerationists: the techno-capitalists specialize in taking our broken institutions and burning them to the ground, trying to erase any sense of community that remains in the US. One of their many pet projects is the remaking of homelessness policy, which is being transformed from a national disgrace to a dystopian system more closely resembling an open embrace of slavery and eugenics. Let’s examine who’s behind the Trump administration’s policies on homelessness, what the accelerationists are proposing, and what it means for Americans.…

Continue reading — create a free account

Join HashtagPLUS to read full articles, follow hashtags, vote, and join the conversation.

Read More