Walking past the bank of montreal I ran into the following situation outside its doors:
Teller: This is bank property! If you don't leave right now, I will call the police!
Homeless, on knees: no verbal response, but a resigned, beaten-down look in his eyes.
Who is correct here? What is property? Is homelessness or corparitism more damaging, more of a problem to society? Is compassion or capital more valuable?
These are problems I have wrestled with. Perhaps my readers have experiences or thoughts they can share. All I know is that I feel bad giving money to the homeless, as it feels like "stupid compassion" knowing that many of them will use the money to hurt themselves.
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