20 January, 2011

What Shall We Do With The Homeless?

What are the demands of political ecology? If there is a burden, what is to be done with it? When phrased thusly, popular alarmism is minimized. Semantics aside, we must come to some understanding regarding the fate of the homeless as it's clear that there are about to be a whole lot more of them. I have briefly touched upon this sensitive subject in a previous post, however it seems obvious to me it must be focused on in greater detail.

First off it must be stated that make-work scenarios simply will not suffice. That would be putting labor ahead of the needs of the State rather than the other way round. If the anti-depressant need is fulfilled, and granted we allow for ample sweatshops, this still will not rid us of the horrid, unwashed lumps commonly called "homeless". A new system of workhouses would be beneficial only to a limited degree. Then what are we left with? What on earth will purge the biosphere of this plague?

There comes a time when dalliances with charity must be rejected outright. How is it sane to feed an infestation of parasites? In pursuit of a resolution to this dilemma, I stumbled upon an inspirational quote from Sir Julian Huxley:

"Thus even though it is quite true that any radical eugenic policy will be for many years politically and psychologically impossible, it will be important for UNESCO to see that the eugenic problem is examined with the greatest care, and that the public mind is informed of the issues at stake so that much that now is unthinkable may at least become thinkable." -- UNESCO: Its Purpose and Its Philosophy, 1947 Public Affairs Press, pg 21.

Does it not become obvious only a purely scientific outlook presents us with the solution? What was once irrationally considered unthinkable is now palpably thinkable. Not only is it now thinkable, it is vital to the survival of the species. Indeed, is it not preferable to a slow rotting decay that drags the productive element of society down with it into the miasmic abyss?

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