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As someone who became homeless in late 2020, and then again in 2022, i can confirm, when i was homeless, what I wanted most, was in fact, a home. So glad I have a roof over my head now.
glad you've got one now.
Well done matey.
As am I… … Be well… Stay safe… 🕊️🤍💡
Glad you've got a roof. Godspeed. FWIW from an internet stranger, I'm proud of yoy
U sure a hit of crack wouldn't help. Just kidding I've slept in a dumpster before. Cardboard only
Former homeless here. I'll share the secret solution that solved my homeless problem.
Someone let me live at their place until I had enough stability and resources to get my own place.
So y'know.....a home
"one weird trick" to end homelessness...
Wait, you’re actually trying to tell me that the way to solve homelessness is to provide homes? That’s RIDICULOUS /s
was there a bootstrap shortage? Ive often heard that bootstraps can solve most problems. These guys spend a lot of time traveling to strange cities, holding fundraisers for the homeless (paying them for sex) and that "expert" is paid by the sheriffs department? Fuck.
@@emilybarclay8831giving homeless people homes is a cure that doesnt prevent the underlying issue of why it happens.
@@wadde_fakmanha, based on what? What homeless person doesn't want shelter?
as a former homeless, the thing that was most empowering was a home
I'm proud of you for renouncing your homeless ways and pulling on your bootstraps. God bless America 🦅🇺🇸🎆
Wait, are you saying that by disincentivizing you to get off the streets, by being off the streets, you ended up off the streets? How is that possible without negative incentives? I just can't imagine how having a place to live can get someone off the streets without being horsewhipped into ambition. 🤔
unbelievable
same, the thing that stopped me from being homeless was getting a home.
@@ND-nr6mx very funny joke
It genuinely infuriates me that there’s an entire lobby dedicated to the idea that homeless people have had it too good for too long.
that's how it is in Western Countries, or in places where homelessness can be prevalent
It really amazes me that people think that some free food and hand warmers make being homeless so easy, everyone wants to do it. It saddens me to see how idiots like Tyler manage to be successful by putting out so much ignorance.
They have.
@@BushidoNinjaBecome homeless then.
@@BushidoNinja id hate to see the world you advocate for from the perspective of the most vulnerable
the problem is that nobody wants to see the circumstances that lead to a person to rock bottom, they only want to see how useful is to their agenda
Conservatives only want to a smash symptoms like whackamole rather than scrutinise the root cause. Because they don't want to think in terms of systems, and symptoms are individual.
I think a lot of people also really, really don't want to acknowledge how little it can take to find yourself in that very situation. Same reason that (at least I think) leads some women to victim-blame SA victims - alternative is admitting that even if you do everything 'right,' that's not always enough to keep you safe, and that's terrifying.
Spot on.
the circumstances that lead a person to... some of us are born at rock bottom and judged for it. I remember my english teacher explaining to me why my southern accent meant I was ignorant... But yes they ignore us and it sucks. thank you for being different.
George Carlin had a way of breaking this dynamic down. Paraphrasing, "the wealthy have all of the money, pay none of the taxes. The middle class does all of the work and pays all of the taxes. The poor are just there to scare the shit out of the middle class, keep them showing up at those jobs everyday." Of course, the wealthy and their media mouthpieces don't want people to see the circumstances that lead people to rock bottom, that's the point. If we could see the circumstances, we might, I don't know, crazy thought here, try to FIX those circumstances! Maybe, I don't know, beat some money out of the human dragons hoarding all the wealth and treasure?
as a therapist and addiction counselor working with low-income and houseless people in the Portland region, seeing Kevin Dahlgren was a legit jumpscare. this fucking guy, istg
also, buddy of mine has known kevin for three decades since they were sleeping rough and using together. his summary: "yeah, kevin was always a prick."
Imagine my surprise when I just, like, Google searches this guy to learn if he was really a social worker and found all this.
Capitalism rewards sociopaths.
did you do an analysis when possible and learn as much as possible?@@ThoughtSlime
xoxo from Eugene
"What if you are right to hate all the people you fear because they are not even human" really is just a whole reactionary genre.
Because its the easiest thing to believe in, otherwise if other people are human you might feel bad about how you treat them.
@@abdalln8554or worse become them and lose your superiority
Hitler thrived on it. Throve? Whatever...
@@gapsule2326 what the fuck?
@@_scandisnoc_4481 ?
Dude called homeless addicts “mole people” then tried to ruin the reputation of a homeless support charity, and people still love him somehow
People just hate the poors
Okay, but idk I definitely don't like Tyler but giving joints to the homeless ain't doing shit
@@chasesigler9885wait who gave joints to unhoused ppl lol?
@@chasesigler9885source?
@@VultureSkins he's having a schizo episode and is imagining up boogy men that attack him
As someone who was homeless. I can definitely say that being homeless makes you more mentally ill. And yeah, number one problem is having shelter.
Conservatives like to invert Laszlow's hierarchy of needs.
Considering Kevin was a supposed councilor the fact he inverted Maslow's Heirarchy of Needs is terrifying to me. It is basic psychology that once needs like food, shelter, security are met then more abstract issues can be addressed. I know when I was homeless and unmedicated the least of my worries was finding a therapist and medication but was instead for finding a place to sleep and not getting assaulted.
@@wrexvincent if I had to guess, I would assume it's harder for people like Kevin to convince local municipalities to house the homeless and keep them off the streets for good than it is to start fundraising campaigns to pay for everything except for a place to stay in while being able to skim a little off the top for yourself.
yea just the sleep deprivation alone is literally maddening
Having lived out of my car a few times, I totally agree and wish more attention were paid to this.
Conservatives think someone who's on fire who also has other issues should solve those issues AND then and only then can fire fighters put out the fire.
18:06 Ex-homeless dude from germany here. You're not out of line, you're on point. Being homeless is extremly stressfull, not to begin with the fact that most of the people becoming homeless do so as the result of mental health issues and/or lack of mental health care. A (warm) safe place to eat and shower is a human right imho, it's neither "irresponsible" nor "unaccountable". It's even more important for minors who more often become homeless due to DV or addiction/ financial problems of their parents.
Hier sieht man in den Kommentaren wer alles von seinen Mitbürgern durchgefüttert werden will ohne auch nur eine Sekunde seines Lebens zu arbeiten.
Das Jobcenter tut mehr für die Gesellschaft als du.
@@GetIsekaid ich wünsche dir von ganzem herzen dass du für immer das verwöhnte söhnchen reicher eltern bleiben kannst und nie in die situation kommst ohne jede unterstützung für dich selbst sorgen zu müssen. Auch wenn es vermutlich eine wertvolle erfahrung für dich wäre, so absurd realitätsferne wohlstandskinder wie du überleben da draussen nicht lange.
+lol you liked your own comment :D @@GetIsekaid
@@GetIsekaid Hältst Du Dich selbst für einen guten Mensch?
@@Andizottelyour German go do another reich or stop talking shit
Giving a homeless person a home actually has a 100% success rate of fixing homelessness because of what the word "homeless" means.
SHHHHHH DAMMIT THAT'S CLASSIFIED INFORMATION
Alternative facts
Shh, you're making too much sense
Isn’t it telling that Finland (edit: I previously said Denmark) changed their policy to instead be “housing first” and pretty much instantaneously their homeless population went right down and they had more happy, functional members of society…
Depending on how it's implemented this may not remain true, it's difficult to pay for rent when you're used to budgeting for the street and the adjustment period can be difficult for heaps of people.
Man Sleeping in Park:
Tyler: "We were surrounded by dead and decaying bodies. The whirring of the infamous scooter-riding cartels was deafening as they chased us through the entire country of Vancouver. In the distance we heard a man cough, and we knew what that meant... We now had to fork over the money from drug line at the bank, so they could forcibly make us mainline speedballs."
Very accurate. 😂
if a person were to investigate all of the bullsh1t clickbait channels on youtube, then you'd have to spend three lifetimes covering them all
Underestimation, you're gonna wanna rerun those numbers.
@@youtubeuniversity363845 life time?
Just three?
Incredible. Tyler takes the least-nuanced approach possible, makes villains of people suffered from a disease, and profits off of their collective suffering. Pure. Exploitation.
The addict to drugs by there own choice that’s there fault and the rest of us have to fucking deal with it so who cares about them
@@notamurderer6226why the fuck would anyone choose to be a drug addict if not because currently, their life sucks shit, usually due to complety external factors?
@@notamurderer6226 You're a monster. We get it.
Enjoy living your life that way.
Drug addiction is not a disease. It's a cop out. I'm a recovering addict of 8 years. I grew up around addicts and can confirm its a choice. Virtue Signaling and enabling doesn't help this victim mentality not disease
@@DanielMcDonald-ul2sqit's a choice to do drugs in the first place and choice to get helped. Addiction is a medical state not a choice. One can be addicted and in danger of withdrawals and making the choice to get to recovery at the same time.
As a criminology student, the fact that he cited people ‘believing’ that crime rates have gone up is particularly frustrating to me. People’s judgement of crime rates is completely unreliable because their judgement is dependent on how much attention they pay to it. We’re in the middle of a moral panic over crime; crimes are given a disproportionate amount of attention by the media because fear encourages interaction and interaction brings money. The fear around crime isn’t organic. It’s constructed by capitalists. And, shockingly, a lot of crime is created by capitalism.
Maybe I’m wrong and basing this off my media bubble, but I feel like that is common knowledge, to the point where his claim should get him in some sort of trouble
@@donnacasey8890 He's a right-wing grifter. They think crime has never been higher because "people are burning cities to the ground thanks to defund the police". I literally showed a guy I know that not only did my city not defund, but that the piggies lied and they got over 2/3rds of their demanded budget increase and were calling that "defunding", he didn't believe me, so I pulled up the budgets released and he was trying to argue that the numbers were "just what they put on their website" lmao.
@@donnacasey8890 I think it’s mostly known in circles who are more aware of societal issues. And just looking at his types of videos, something tells me his audience isn’t exactly big on critical thinking
If it bleeds it leads... As I learnt when preparing part of my thesis on the media's role in creating the illusion of rampant criminality in society.
Also crime is up on it's own is kinda vague. Like what kinds of crimes? Having highrates of shoplifting is very different than having high rates of murder. And that's not even getting whether or not things should be a crime which is something probably should be discussed in a video talking about deug decriminalization
Honestly the “You need anything bro?” sounded more like the way people say “What do you want?” when you’re bothering them.
Had the dude said "What do you want" it would still be justified given the context but the fact that he opted for the former and Tyler still felt threatened just showcases how much of a coward he truly is.
Someone walks up to you, holding a microphone, followed by two other guys with a camera, then asks if they can walk on the sidewalk........ I'd be confused too. Also no one would try to sell you drugs on camera. Let's be for real here, Tyler
@@dpeterson5630 fr though
Frfr. Where I live, we tend to say 'Can I help you or smth?" when we get bothered, but the spirit is the same...
yeah cuz they stopped and asked if they could walk on the sidewalk like he's posted there for some _reason_ ... which is a weird way to act lol
This is anecdotal, and I have never been homeless, but ive been really poor and what ive needed then is just enough help to get back on my feet. It baffles me that a lot of people go around thinking we shouldnt help someone because they are poor to the point of homelessness. The rich get help all the time...
It's because being poor is a "moral failure"
@@SeanJAit all ties back to that protestant work ethic shit, doesn't it? If you're in bad circumstances, that's because you're lazy and God hates you for it. Granted, this weirdo may not be Christian, but plenty of Americans and Canadians simultaneously don't believe in Christianity but believe in all of the weird bad shit that grew directly out of it.
People won't even give a stranger a single dollar, yet they'll willfully work for "just enough", and hand over thousands upon thousands to some ghoul who merely holds the title on the property they reside on. And also get a 5 dollar cuppa every day.
The priorities are fully derailed in this society.
@@mrpieceofworkI can only speak for myself, but I do rent and still hand out financial assistance whenever I'm able. I personally do not believe things are as dire among the working class i.e. we're all just trying to get by and help strangers when we are made aware of their needs, but I do believe the people with the more concentrated power in society use that to maintain things exactly as they are
@@SeanJAare you poor? Then obviously you are lazy and don’t work hard enough. (Wtf rich people, how hard do people need to work at back breaking jobs just to live?)
"the behaviours that led them to be homeless", yeah like my mother who was silly enough to lose her job (the company went under) and then her apartment. Clearly, the issue was her behaviour...
She should have behaved like a billionaire and demanded handouts.
The neoliberal societies we live under now are the product of centuries of propaganda convincing millions of people that poverty is a personal moral failing rather than a systemic societal failing enforced for the benefit of an elite few ultra wealthy ghouls.
My grandma made her monthly rent payments, was never late, and would prioritize her bills over food sometimes when the bills got too high. I was living with her at the time and did my best to help her out. Then her landlord decides to give us 3 months to move out, claiming that us paying for people to repair what he refused to get fixed, out of our own pocket and never asking him for a dine, was reason enough for him to evict us since we were not authorized to get repairs done without his permission. We moved to a different state, into a house owned by my uncle, and he got to place the house I grew up in back up for rent for triple what we were paying.
So sometimes, even when you can still afford to pay rent, landlords will find a way to screw you over if it means they could make more money.
The behaviors [of CEOs and landlords] that led them to be homeless
Why wasn't she born rich? 🤦♀
I’ve slept in my car for a time. So, some talk about that.
If you have no support system then the options are difficult. Many apartments require a large deposit and credit check. If you don’t have a couple grand on hand then you’re stuck with sketchy housing choices. So choosing between putting down a couple hundred dollars, which you might not have, for a room that seems sketchy vs sleeping in your car in a Walmart parking lot with cameras and an attendant? Yeah, I’ll sleep in my car.
Edit: also, there is a shelter across the street from my office. The people who stay there are awesome, I’ve talked to some of them. And they need help. I don’t begrudge them hanging out in the park, I like the park too.
I can share my disappointment for living in a country that decriminalized drugs decades ago and yet I still haven't found a single zombie. Turns out that drug decriminalization is neither a zombie apocalypse nor a silver bullet solution. Shocking, I know.
Tyler literally said that decriminalisation has worked in other countries. The entire point of his video is that canada did not do it well
@@dessirangelova2676I don’t deny with the point of Canada not implementing drug decriminalization well, but you shouldn’t cite Tyler for that. It is an issue that has an emotional weight to it, and he did not treat or engage it as such. He could have proved this point more professionally like using a research method like an ethnography in a relevant area over a period of time, citing official existing data like government data, or even interview a local social worker. He doesn’t have to use these specific methods, but there are ethics and processes to follow to ensure there is no harm done to people as much as possible, especially vulnerable people like homeless people, in science and, in different yet equal level, journalism, and he doesn’t seem to be ethical reporting this if he’s walking in the street and recording people there without consent since they wouldn’t want to be seen by millions of people and not have the ability to do anything to stop it, and this invasion of privacy is a type of harm.
He could be right, and he probably is, but you shouldn’t credit him with his way of journalism to prove the point since his journalism doesn’t provide adequate nuance and integrity on a subject like decriminalized drugs and its effect with homeless people.
@@dessirangelova2676u ever met a zombie like tyler claims??or a mole person???nevermind his BS with the whittakers or with white underbelly
For every defunct local paper that would otherwise be producing actual journalism, there are a dozen social media grifters ready to fill the void 🙄
His channel is why I cringe whenever I hear someone say, "We need more citizen journalism!"
Sad and dangerous but true. No checks and balances, no oversight, no obligation to tell the truth. Only motivated to get views. Every “information”’channel is now national enquirer.
Sad what that says about how the average American allocates their free time.
You're just standing around, waiting for a buddy, and two nervous guys with a camera walk up and ask if they can pass. "Uh...sure." You know homelessness and drug addiction are serious problems in your community. "You guys...need anything?" You are now a drug dealer.
The conclusion they made about "drug dealers all use scooters and black masks" was hilarious, too. I dunno, could those "black masks" in particular happen to be, uh...fucking _helmets??_ So they don't split their skull open on a sidewalk iffin' they fall over? Or did these two goobers just assume that everybody rides around on scooters with zero safety gear?
As well as the fact that the "black masks" he kept encountering were just...face masks to avoid catching colds.
@@AlwaysANemesis Surprised he didn't claim ANTIFA was distributing drugs. Maybe he does in some other video.
LMAO, true.
@@huletnadof313I stg I was waiting for this the whole time
@@youtubeuser206found the suburbanite
investigations of investigations are my favorite investigations
You should investigate this this trend
You should watch Internal Affairs (1990)
I mean... "Documentaries" and "investigations" made by people trying to prove that Holocaust didn't happen are horrible drivel, but takedown videos from others who are pointing out what scumbag the Holocaust denier is are often entertaining. So yeah, investigations of investigations can be really entertaining when the original "investigation" itself is worthy of investigation.
True but also this is just a necessary part of scientific process and researching. You have to. People have to be able to repeat the study and double check.
@@aj7058 Richard Gere and Any Garcia, Sign me the fuck up. Thank you.
It’s like watching a dude who grew up and only lived in the suburbs go downtown for the first time. 💀
@@Geist_ADyou and whatever combination of genetics that made you is more valuable as fertilizer and id love to see you get there
literally, quite possibly 🤣
this!
This dude or the one he’s reacting to?
@@XsRCs
You, probably.
Fun fact: here in the UK weed isn't legal. Our shops still sell bongs/lighters/grinders etc
"For Tobacco use only" the biggest lie ever told 😂
Mom & Pop convenience stores like that have been full of bongs for decades here in Canada, long before legalization. Him getting in a huff over it is completely fabricated outrage.
Same in Germany, lol. There's a store chockful of bongs in the biggest drinking quarter in my town, and even the generally conservative audience the beerhalls around attract don't give the slightest fuck.
Then again, we're - hopefully - headed for legalisation sometime this year.
Many years ago in the US we had to call bongs water pipes in the shops because they couldn't legally sell you a bong. So silly
@@shannonEGBOKstill the case where recreational isn't legalize
Well, as long as theyre not selling the weed, by all accounts theyre only selling weird vases 😂
as someone who was homeless for 2 years the thing i wanted most was my own place to stay once i had a place that wasnt a shelter i very quickly found work and was able to better my life
Well yes a home could help but could you imagine a bunch of formerly homeless drug addicts all living in one place you would need to get them off drugs first so they don’t trash the place then give them a house
@@internetbigfoot7083He just said he was homeless, he doesn’t have to imagine what living among other people in that situation is like. It’s not a hypothetical or theoretical, he is telling you straight up how getting a home made his life livable again
@@chillhomie13121 and I’m saying that giving everyone homes is not the solution
@@internetbigfoot7083 You’re missing my point. You haven’t been homeless, and are trying to dispute a former homeless on the solution that took them out of it. Not having a place to live is quite literally the only requirement to be considered homeless. Having a place to makes you not homeless. So how would that not be the solution?
@@chillhomie13121 congratulations if you make everything legal you no longer have crime that’s the exact same logic
I come across these kinds of videos on RUclips Shorts. They’re just meant to inflame peoples’ prejudices and get them riled up. They’re really disgusting.
Shorts is a cesspit even by social media standards. There's some shockingly open bigotry that has actually stunned me.
@@notrod5341
I always come across these “meme” compilations where joke is someone being black. That’s the whole joke. Look at this black person. Or the joke is someone almost saying the N word. It really is a cesspit.
@@theflowthru Overt transphobia is the main one I've seen. No euphemisms, just reheated 4chan memes about how Trans people are all perverts or whatever.
@@theflowthrudo you have this reaction every time someone describes something you havent personally experienced?
I’ve noticed social media and news outlets love to push rage bait content now whether or not it’s factually correct instead of informative journalism, just becuase they know it’ll get people talking (and arguing) anything for some clicks and quick bucks right?
"Do you need something?" Is a very west-coast way of asking "what the fuck are you doing" and it's clear to me that guy was wondering why the fuck these guys are filming people
Literally right as I read your comment is when he said it in the video lol
You do realize these people have families and lives and waisted it all for fucking dope and fent half of these people gamble there lives away in Kensington in small shops these people deserve to get filmed it’s there fault for becoming drug addicts stop defending them.
it's a common way of being passive aggressive as well as overall decent at the same time lol
teenagers say it to get their parents out of their bedrooms
tyler is obsessed with the idea that people are eager to sell him drugs
You can’t blame Thoughtslime for not understanding that, he is Canadian after all.
Personally I prefer “can I help you?”
Finally someone’s exposing Tyler’s reactionary stupidity. Him bringing on Jonathan Choe had me angry.
did you miss the part where most of that video was interviewing the chaz/chop founders and Choe was a small portion of the video, maybe 1/4?
@@thepjup4507 🤡
Jonathan Choe’s videos are so corny 😭 how does he not get tired of writing “FAR LEFT ACTIVIST..” in his titles. If that doesn’t scream reactionary then idk what does
I tried watching that video with no idea who Choe was and had to stop once he started bringing up “crazy far left activists”. It became pretty clear that homelessness was just a culture war issue for him and he actually looked down on these people.
Not to mention him repeatedly referring to “soy boys” unironically - tell me you don’t want to be taken seriously without telling me
I was once homeless and on meth, heroin, etc.. I can say it is absolutely, 100% a lot more complicated than anyone makes it out to be. When it comes to homelessness, let me ask a question, if you have no family or close friends and you were in an accident that stopped you from working for several months, or you up and just lost your job or got laid off Twitter style, what would happen to you? Once you are homeless, the drugs come into play (Usually) So, you have nowhere to sleep, no food, etc. Sleeping on the street can be SCARY, I used to just walk the streets of New York for days, rather than sleeping, which did weird things. If you want to somehow run on next to no sleep, you have a few options.. lots of coffee, which makes it all worse.. OR Meth.. Meth is AMAZING for this, instantly awake, ready to go.. it FEELS like you just had a week of really good sleep, and some really good coffee, while attending every motivational speech ever given at once, in reality, well... we have all seen meth heads. At first, you keep it together, but eventually, it becomes your "medicine". You decide you have ADD now, and you can NOT function without the meth, which means you can't keep looking for a job, or you can't keep the job you found if you stop.. So, you will stop once you are stable and housed.. at least, that is what you say.. Eventually, though, the Meth gets too much, and you can't sleep.. so.. You get introduced to Heroin, or Benzos, though now I think it i all fentanyl... you take some, get awesome sleep, wake up, and hit the meth... You feel GREAT... in reality.. you are one of those on the sidewalk that appears to be defying gravity.. I haven't even begun to touch upon the mental health issues this triggers.....
That was very interesting, thanks for sharing.
@@prierepanda2186 No prob, we always see addicts on the street, but no one ever really gets into how they became addicts
this is why the idea that progress in addiction counseling should be made before trying to house someone is so harmful. quite a substantial amount of people on hard drugs on streets didn't start using (either as much or at all) until they are a little bit into their run of being homeless and more often than not found out that you really can't afford to be unaware/alert/unconscious especially at night. once you feel like you can sleep in safety you become more open to sleeping again yknow
@@lizdexamphetamineyea and it's also complicated in that all our stories are different. My experience of addiction and homelessness is different from this person's. You could get 100 addicts who have been homeless in a room and 100 completely different experiences. I will say, probably the most common shared experience is sleep deprivation. That and feeling bad about yourself for being homeless.
Please explain how becoming homeless means you must automatically turn to drugs?
"Many people think" has become such a red flag for me. Mostly because I know, through life experience, that many people do not, in fact, think.
Look up the phrase "weasel words".
"Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that."
-George Carlin
My response to that has always been "a lot of people think a lot of things". People get all sorts of wild and noxious ideas into their heads, and those bad ideas can spread like wildfire through people primed to believe them. The number of people who share a particular opinion or belief doesn't mean squat for that opinion's validity.
something tells me you have sub par critical thinking skills.
@@jrottendevilGood to see the "I know you are but what am I" defense is alive and well.
i swear tyler olivera’s comments are all bots
Like literal bots, or are you trying to dehumanize them?
Don’t get me wrong, hating homeless people is morally wrong, however it does not give you the right to dehumanize them dumb haters.
@@itsathing3369 honestly a bit of both. i think some of them are literally fake comments generated by bots. but i’m also just using bots as like a colloquial term akin to “sheep” or something like that. not trying to dehumanize them
@@itsathing3369you know that his fans pay for his Patreon for homeless p***.....
“It takes infinitely more time to debunk bullshit than it takes to create it”
Shoutout to Overdose Prevention Society here in Vancouver - I've seen them save lives, empower people's recovery, and bring more good to this community than Tyler ever could.
fuck yes, ops rules
I dunno man, the random stranger with an axe to grind said they're making things worse, so really it could go Ei-- I'm gonna puke if I finish this thought. Just learned about it them in this video, completely on board with the mission and standing in support.
Made me actually sick to my stomach when I realized they were *actively looking for dead bodies* to gas up their narrative.
oh snap good point, dang
So glad someone else spotted their boundless ghoulishness. I was also physically sickened.
Very Logan Paul of them
Yeah ok bud 🤣🤣🤣🤣
lol if you all think that’s a normal thing to see you all are insane
One of my favourite shops is in the DTES. I walk down there with my wife and child every time I visit Vancouver.
The second to last time we were there, an elder First Nations woman saw we were with our child. She yelled out "kid on the block" several times to alert others to put their drugs and gear away until we got around the corner.
Sick of people painting all drug addicts in the same light.
Okay, that sounds pretty based, ngl~
Absolute gigastacy.
As a former homeless, I can say that being homeless prevented me from fixing my "behavioral problems" (mental illness). When I got a safe place to sleep at night, I was able to start my recovery.
Never been homeless, but I have a couple of mental issues and disabilities. I can't imagine my already slightly-off behaviors would be impacted positively by having no safe private space or access to hygiene.
Anybody thats spent any time in the hood knows that "You need anything bro" wasnt an offer, it was a check. Two random dudes with a cameraperson that are clearly not from the area walking around and asking people prying questions is gonna warrant suspicion. You would also have to be the world's worst dealer to offer product to a person with a fn camera. Jesus
i certainly can't claim to be streetwise but in my experience the overwhelming majority of dealers are sweethearts. roughly the least dangerous people you could ever meet
watching these assclowns film people that are plainly checking them and while feigning personal jeopardy & calling them dealers was like watching someone film club bouncers, refer to the bouncers as bartenders and then pretend that the bouncers dealing with problem situations is how said bouncers deal with all situations and/or that the bouncers are a threat instead of a layer of protection
Yeah no, you're wrong.
@@ItWasSaucerShapedyou certainly can’t then. I’d imagine the people you’re dealing with are the lowest rungs on the ladder. If people are moving weight they’re not as nice
A check for what, out of curiosity? Like checking out how they would respond?
@@NylaTheWolf check to see what they are up to. The same you would confront a suspicious man walking around your neighborhood.
Really digging this new “YT Scumbags Exposed” video essay subgenre!
'RUclipsrs invent community accountability' isn't something I expected going into 2024, but I'll take it.
I was watching my favourite youtubers get arrested or exposed for horrible crimes before it was cool. Welcome to the club, it sucks here...
@@BoopTheSynthlike who?
@@BoopTheSynth it.. uhh... "sucks" to have heinous crimes exposed? huh?
@r2dezki they mean it sucks to find out someone you enjoyed being entertained and maybe educated by turned out to be a scumbag cause you were supporting them unaware of their true intentions.
As a former drug addict, I am so angry at this Kevin and the "investigator" tyler.
And those safe injection sites for drug users are extremely important and where I live, one for shut down and the numbers of HIV and hepatitis have risen. And the number of people getting help sank substantially.
Drug addicts need help and they need to feel safe, to seek help.
And that dude filming a overdose is sick... And he should be stopped.
I feel so bad for the person with an overdose.
I am actually crying right now.
Most addicts of heavy drugs didn't start them because of serious mental health or social issues (like homelessness). I got into heroin because of my mental illnesses (PTSD BPD and depression). And from others I heard the same.
Mike Pence, as the acting governor of Indiana, oversaw the sharpest rise in new cases of HIV that the state had ever seen.
He achieved such a feat by shuttering needle exchanges, de-funding free STD testing clinics and being extremely hostile to all forms of harm reduction.
Addiction is a human issue. We can't solve it by throwing them all in prison, just as we can't solve hunger by jailing starving people.
I hope you're doing well
I saw a short about New Orleans he made. A place where infrastructure is crumbling, probably at the worst rate in the US, most communites are poor, police brutality is rampant, and its all because of how black people were neglected and left to die by George Bush during hurricane Katrina. These people were never given real help, and yet the short seems to blame black people for New Orleans being the place that it is. Its absolutely disgusting. Watching the thousands of comments laugh at the racism of the white people in New Orleans, and laughing at the poor mental health and lack of stability of the black people in the area, put me in a deep depression
everything i look at is a lie. Healthcare, both mental and physical, politics, war, everything is just a few people benefitting while everyone get shit on.
Pretty sure I got shown the same short you're referring to. The one where he is interviewing an older white guy and he blames the majority of the issues of N.O on black people but refers to them as "n-slurs"? The vibe of that short and the reaction in the comments was basically "Haha look at this fed up white man telling it like it is!"
At best it's incredibly problematic, at worst it's absolutely irresponsible. And I'm being incredibly generous.
Edit - just got to the end of this video and noticed he brought up the same clip. That's the one...
That doesn't make Tyler Oliveira racist though. For example, Channel 5 did a video on San Francisco streets and interviewed a very problematic Instagrammer I wont name that would post videos of himself harassing the local homeless population of San Francisco. Because Channel 5 posted this, your kind of person might find it problematic, but it really isn't. He provided an opinion and his explanation of the drug epidemic in the city, wrong as it may be, now the viewer knows what some people are thinking and doing. Perspective sheds a lot of light and is very important to coming to the truth of certain issues and if you disagree with me then I'm sorry you're unfortunately objectively incorrect and I would call you a fascist.
So you saw a factually incorrect video he made that conflicts with your factually skewed perception of NO.
Tyler racist AF
I stumbled upon Tyler’s channel when I was doing preliminary research for a novel I’m writing which features characters who are formerly homeless and/ or drug users. I was absolutely repulsed by the framing and his lack of ethics, and honestly also disgusted that he had over 5 million subs.
This video needed to be made. Thank you.
"It was full of PIPES, BONGS, TORCHES, etc"
Oh no, not... weed pipes! A thing sold in... countries where weed is not legal! How horrifying! The Shock! The horror! Total disarray and anarch- wait a minute.
Weed is a public health scourge. Might as well go back to widespread cigarette smoking.
Lol that's a crazy take very few people smoke enough weed to make it equivalent health wise to a standard cig smoker. @mattmurphy7030
@@mattmurphy7030This is very silly, even a little bit of knowledge of the history of the tobacco and cigarette industry disproves this. Not to mention weed is also a thing people have been consuming for a long time, not just like...recently...also if you're going to go after legalized drugs, go after alcohol. Alcohol is objectively more destructive, it's simply more socially acceptable to consume.
@@mattmurphy7030
Number of Deaths per Year caused by Cigarette Smoking: approximately 8 million
Number of Deaths per Year caused by Marijuana Smoking: approximately (read: exactly) zero
Yeah, sure, basically the same thing.
@@GenesisTheKittyyo dont worry about arguing w that guy, he's also transphobic so really no shock that he doesnt understand basic ass science surrounding Anything honestly
Yep you rigth, i was homeless, once i got a home, first i squated one that wasnt used for years, we fixed it and lived 2 years on it, i could get on a metadone program, get a job and by the time police came to evicted us couse they wanted to build a bridge there , it was near a road we could rent a house with the money we saved . So yeah a house does a lot in your life to be clean, get your stuff in one place, stay warm...so you can move on to get a job and everything else ....
Edit: I still remember my homeless 2 years everytime is hard raining , very cold outside....i'm so greatfull of having a roof and a warm place, homelessness is a horror specially in winter, some nigths you couldnt sleep all nigth long couse the cold ....and waking up freezing and not having anything to warm up.....years have pass but i remember like it was the other day
Becoming homeless was so hard, so degrading and so hopeless that I turned to drugs just to have a moment of peace again, or a moment of comfort again. To help ease the extreme emotional anguish I felt. I didn't dream of touching hard drugs until I had nothing and nobody left and my daily life became a hopeless struggle. When I was housed finally, I was able to go to rehab and get my life back again.
I am so sorry, I cannot imagine what that must've been like. I am so happy for you and proud that you were able to get back on your feet and get help for your addiction.
Glad your life has gotten better and you've been allowed to heal!!
Yessss all of that
Cmon, calling cops demons? Really? Demons actually fulfill their contracts, they're better than that.
you had me in the first half ngl
You're thinking of devils.
yeah demons are violent chaos, devils are the ones with contract
@@Lurdiaksmh that's just D&D. The divide between demons and devils is actually an artificial one reinforced by human anti-fiendish bigotry.
they fulfill their contracts to the state and get paid overtime for it
So let me get this straight: you can buy drugs on "any corner of any street," but also drug dealers are "guarding alleys." Now, clearly they're not guarding alleys to, like, have a warning if cops or a rival gang (but I repeat myself) are coming so they can shut down their drug deals, because they deal on any corner of any street (and of course all drugs are legal in the proud nation of Vancouver). So what are they guarding the alleys for? What's in the guarded alleys, bro? Investigate THAT and journalize it, why don't you?
Because that's where us Snow Mexicans deal the Maple Syrup! But shhh. Cops can't find out. They'll lock us up in igloos and force us to into sports taught by an angry mama moose who will stomp us if we don't outrun her!
drug dealers dont gaurd alleys thats sum bs they were prob j ongaurd cs he had a camera i live in van
You can buy drugs on any street, if you ever come to Vancouver I will gladly take a stroll around the city with you, it’s disgusting. The cops allow it. Not because they want to, because they’re told to. Our Supreme Court just ruled drug use in ANY public space is NOT a crime. Look it up
there's rly nothing in the alleys that doesn't happen right on the street. one of the alleys has a needle exchange window though which is great!
Bro, what are yo, dumm? He's trying to journalize like a real journalista, which you wood no if you had ever attempted to journalatize second hand fentanyl.
He's fighting this war for EWE!!
I watched a couple of this guy's videos a while back, and the things that bothered me most were subtle. For example - the kind of background music he chooses to use when interviewing certain people. I'd be watching I'd be like "what's with the circus music?" Then I'd like like "oh, right. Because he thinks the homeless and drug addicted people he's talking with are clowns."
They are. Well, no, not the homeless.
Its common sense to know that most people end up homeless from addictions. Its hard truth. Look at new York right now dude. Most people end up homeless because of drug addictions. Nobody helps them because nobody wants to. Its just reality.
@@Hxkyox this is absolute bs. most homeless people are not homeless because of their addiction, they develop an addiction because they are homeless
The only thing that this documents is how easily right wingers freak themselves out imagining a scenario where they're a victim.
The ridiculous jumps in logic are always... something.
"I bet this guy is a drug dealer because reasons"
"The guy was on a scooter"
"Therefore, drug dealers use scooters"
"Therefore, everyone on a scooter is a drug dealer"
As we confront this crisis, don't forget about me, the real victim here, when someone other than me is receiving literally any attention at all
Based af comment, thank you.
Too many people like to invent scenarios in their head that they're the main character of - It's why conspiracy theories are so popular nowadays, especially around pre-existing tragedies. Because it offers them a sense of importance; it cuts away from the minutia of just *living life.* And life isn't always exciting, or thrilling, or dangerous, but a stable life rarely is. But not only are chumps like Oliveira out there gassing up their own twisted fantasies, but less-than-subtly implying that people who've had it hard aren't worthy of the same stability he takes for granted. It's patently psychopathic.
My husband and I faced homelessness after being evicted from our first apartment. People literally offered us financial advice, like the fact that we were 19 and unable to find jobs making more than ~$8 an hour was the problem. Nothing is stupider to me than willful ignorance about social issues.
My husband and I also experienced houselessness for a time. People have no idea unless theyve been there unfortunately
Working on minimum wage used to be easier than it is today. Not easy, mind you, easier, kind of like how it's easier to eat an aluminum can than it is to eat a five-pound billet of the same material. No amount of advice like, "don't buy a five-dollar coffee at Starbucks, make it at home," will miraculously make housing more affordable in this economy.
@@Craxin01 I entered the workforce back when it was $5.15, I was actually an assistant manager at an ice cream franchise when it was raised to $7.25, and I remember the owner complaining about having to give two extra dollars to the “lazy kids” who worked there. Some of those teens put in more hours than she did, and did all the actual grunt work. I can’t even imagine trying to get by on minimum wage now.
@@ashannaredwolf8485 That's because you can't. The people running things know that a minimum wage isn't a living wage, it's a starvation wage and see their workers as disposable. If there are any people who are genuinely disposable, it's the owner class that do nothing and take everything.
@@Craxin01the irony is when you're homeless, and sleep deprived, and cold, and dont have a kitchen, you're a lot more likely to need to buy Starbucks
An hour long video? You spoil us, sir slime
Edit: it has been decided Sergeant Slime is more appropriate because it's gender neutral, also because it sounds way cooler.
thanks to @sebastienvondoom8615 below for coming up with it
they are not a sir.. but surely spoiling us
@@MrsPervy Matt/Mildred has said multiple times they are fine with any pronouns. I feel like they wouldn't mind being called sir
Edit: honestly, I just like alliteration. Sir slime sounds nice in my head
@@maxmfpayne pronouns are not the same as words like sir/man/mr etc. but i should probably not speak for the creator
@@MrsPervy I didn't really think it made much difference, I'll admit I'm cis and can't really claim to understand, I just figured anyone who's okay with being called he/him is probably fine with gendered words like sir/mister. I guess I shouldn't assume things like that, the distinction between the two just wasn't, and honestly still really isn't clear to me.
@@maxmfpayne a pronoun doesnt automatically mean someone is comfortable with gendered terms in general. its ovbiously different for everyone but i know for myself i dont feel comfortable with gendered terms as a nonbinary person. i apprechiate you acknowledging that you dont understand everything about it (nobody can as long as we dont ask the person we talk about :) )
I worked in a shelter, and I can't think of anything that would get the shit kicked out of you faster than acting as giggly as this guy does about "oh no they're doing meth next to me."
Like, Meth is bad and comparing it to weed isn't accurate, but the way this guy talks about it reminds me of religious homeschool kids being freaked out when a kid smelled of pot in high school and that's just so lame.
It's lame not because drugs are cool, but because it's lame to be so removed from these communities that everything they do is alien and remarkable
this is just like 2 people working themselves up thinking they’re being haunted by ghosts when going into an abandoned building. “i totally just felt something dude” “he just totally tried to steal my camera”
We often get people in the ER who are overdosing. We'll have a hard time figuring out what they're overdosing on because they, or the people bringing them in, are afraid of being arrested if they say what the drug is. This can really make it a lot harder to treat these people. Decriminalization of small amounts of some of these drugs would certainly help with treatment of these patients and lead to much better outcomes. It's a shame that too many shitstains like this are able to have outsized influence by playing to people's prejudices and helping to keep policies like this from being more widely enacted.
In addition to what you described, prohibition also pushes the market towards increasingly potent drugs. Fentanyl is now mixed into so many street drugs that an overdosing patient might not even know what's in their system to tell you. That's not the result of market demand, it's the effect of prohibition on the supply chain. There's no sense in which criminalizing drugs has made anyone safer.
Yeah, as a Dutch person living in a country where lots of drugs are in fact illegal to own, sell, produce, move, etc., but using those drugs is always legal, I always think decriminalisation is the right option. Patients never have to worry about being prosecuted when they need healthcare. Also there's a large trusted NGO that provides easy info about those drugs, and essentially how to use them safely. I'm also a big fan of the stands at festivals that will check your illegal drugs for you to make sure you're using what you think you're using and that it doesn't contain any dangerous components other than the ones you're looking for lol. It's pretty neat.
To say nothing of the fact that they’re cutting street drugs with stuff that can be fatal if off by even a little not even mentioning the fact that they’re finding fent in like, street benzos. Like when they start calling it “sleepy coke” there’s a problem and it’s not out of bounds to mention that overdoses will drop if the drug supply is consistent.
@@cmwh1te Could you explain why prohibition leads to drugs getting more potent? I understand the idea but it's hard to put into words and having that ability would be good for debate
concentrated product / risk of life + freedom / payout
Why risk your freedom over cs of beer when whiskey hides better.
Opium vs Heroin...
I hope this isn't telegraphing his rise to prominence, I first learnt about Andrew Tate via your channel a few months before he was inescapable
Same, and I ended up having to explain who he was and why he was so awful to multiple people including my parents. Mildred and Sophie gave me the gift of knowledge but it turned out to be a curse!
@@theomegajuice8660We don’t… we don't mention Sophie anymore.
@@istilldontcare2Wow, your reply is how I learned what happened with her. I had no idea.
The fucker IS using the same "make people post clips of me on Tiktok" strategy, so if the world in toto is as unlucky as it has been for the last couple of years...
@@istilldontcare2 Oh no, are you talking about Sophie From Mars? What happened?
I appreciate that you blurred their faces when Tyler didn’t
Nah.
Let's see what's happening
@@carsonwentz8301you need consent from people to show their faces online. I’m pretty sure he asked none of these people if they were okay being filmed
@@CerealRaptor142you don’t NEED consent in most situations, but you’re a jacksss if you don’t have it
@@Cats_eattacos fair enough but laws are different in different places and I live in Canada so correct me if im wrong but I’m pretty sure you need consent to post someone’s face online
@@CerealRaptor142 You're correct! Consent is needed in Canada. If you're filming a crowd for any reason and it's not practical to talk to people individually, signs need to be placed so that people can be aware they may be on camera. If you do that you can show their faces because not leaving the area when filming signs are posted is taken as implied consent to be on film. If you don't do that, you HAVE to blur faces
Thought Slime is the meal. Scaredy Cats is dessert. I WOULD just live entirely on dessert but then I would get scurvy and die. Thank you, Thought Slime. You save me from myself.
You did make me literally laugh out loud. Thank you
As long as you include some citrus or berry based desserts, you won’t get scurvy. Plenty of ascorbic acid.
@@michelleneeds4165 I'm googling as hard as I can but I can't find an acronym that would adequately convey this action (I'm not being passive aggressive I'm making a dumb joke)
Don't listen to the lies. Have a lemon tart or chocolate orange mousse or even a graffa. Eat your dessert in full knowledge you're getting your Vitamin C. Your teeth will still blacken and fall out, but it'll be because of the tooth decay, not scurvy 👍
Dahlgren reminds me once again, if I sell my soul to a certain political agenda, I can write unedited poorly researched garbage and make bank...too bad for me, I have morals...
Kevin dahlgren is the slime that oozes out of cockroaches he is so dirty.
So any political agenda then?
I know, right? This video is atrocious and chock full of leftist propaganda and verbiage.
@@jenniferjackson1268of course not, we'll never hear the op opine the mutilation and sterilisation of minors after being brainwashed they're born in the wrong body. Just "right wing" is bad to them.
@@jenniferjackson1268uh do you know what channel you're on lol?
Holy shit, that part by the end where he walks past a line of people and just casually refers to them as "drug addicts" had me in fucking tears, it's beyond parody. What a vile person.
What are they then? Drug addicts. simple as that.
If this is about his Seattle video, they were literally handing out free fent and getting them to line up for it lmao.
@@Ragebaiter2424 No...? It's about this video. Why would I be refering to something that's not even mentioned here?
@@ninjatoriumnova2483 HIs Seattle video is literally mentioned as the city that banned police. ffs, you commented but didn't even listen to the video.
@@Ragebaiter2424 This video is about Vancouver, the fuck are you talking about? Even if Seattle was mentioned, how would I know about footage from it, unless it was shown in this video. And even if it was shown, I was talking about the clip from the Vancouver video, which means that your whole "they were waiting for fent in Seattle" thing means absolutely nothing in this context. Are you just arguing for the sake of arguement, or are you trying to defend this walking pustule?
People placing Marijuana in the same category as crystal meth and black tar heroin and trying to make weed out to be a bad thing while smoking tobacco at the same time will never cease to make me laugh.
But smoking weed is bad still? You still get lung cancer smoking weed and you can become dopamine dependent on it
@bendriscoll4758 uh huh. And yet tobacco does the same thing. You missed my point. And no, it really isn't bad. I get the impression you're trying to make a right leaning take right now, yet like most right wingers, you don't actually know how to make convincing arguments without lying or manipulating or being contrarian to everything. Good day.
Just dont do drugs or smoke. Simple as that.
@@fauxselectionDumb take.
@@ghostdivision836 ????
I came across this guy's content a year ago and was amazed at how slimy it seemed with little pushback from viewers. Thank you for covering this
I don't like how you used the word slimy.
@@ThoughtSlime tyler oliverra might investigate you for this comment (you're probably a drug user for commenting)
The lies are the problem. The dehumanization is the problem. gtfo @@repingers9777
@@repingers9777it's the spreading of misinformation
I remember when he was trying to be a mr beast clone, I distinctly remember watching a video by him where they tried to dig some hole on a beach I think
As an American who's brother overdosed and passed away in 2021 in a very conservative state and now works at a small retail store selling cannabis and smoking accessories close to the Canadian border....thank you so very much for making this video.
I am sorry for your loss, and I hate that you had to join this extremely shitty club. Support
as an IRL zombie i'm upset someone would assume it's drugs I'm on, it's BRAINS! I"M ON BRAINS!!
This is your drug on brains.
I'm one too. I don't wanna do crack,I don't wanna do meth,and I don't wanna do LSD... I WANNA EAT SOMEONE'S ARM!
@@youtubeuniversity3638 🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳
Not even once
The Housing First model has shown both significant success at resolving homelessness (obviously), improving mental health and addiction, and lowering crime. Plus it's cheaper than what we spend on homelessness now in terms of patchwork humanitarian aid, first-aid/hospitalizations and police/jail services.
These people are grifters and liars, arguing against evidence-based, systemic public health measures.
I tell people this and they deny it.. Based on nothing. No rationality whatsoever!
It's so saddening that simple lies outcompete a more complicated truth. Conservatives completely own the idea of "seems".
More than anything, it really comes down to nuance taking a lot more time and mental bandwidth than a lie that can be reduced to a seemingly pithy one-liner.
they are selling the simplicity.
street that looks bad is bad. we say it like it is. vote for confirmation bias party!
... and they can and do this for every fucking topic. border looks bad, border bad. youngsters look unruly, youngsters bad. unfamiliar things look unfamiliar, oh scary, aren't you also scared? uh, let's keep together in these scary times. vote for yourself, well, us, well, me, but us, but mostly me!
and this works marvelously well. even mostly well informed people can be tricked easily through some issues. hence the single issue voters. economy bad. immigration bad. crime bad. hard drugs bad. culture bad. killing babies bad. overregulation bad. taxes bad.
and with nowadays amazing recommendation systems trash follows trash, the loop is closed. the dear voter is caught in their own trap.
Yeah, I realized only this weekend how much of it is just the general need/desire of people for things to be simpler than they are. People in general just respond negatively to nuance and complexity that could improve understanding and the way situations are handled.
Those people don't care for what is true, they just want things to be simple, that's why it now seems that everything that increases understanding is now considered woke and bad, and honestly, I can actually agree that everything is woke unless you deliberately force willful ignorance and are then demonstrably evil and harmful to yourself and everyone around you by setting that example and painting it as good.
Oh, and the reason I became more aware of that is simply because of my neighbour's hatred toward biological food and vegetarian and vegan food. He thinks it's bullshit and it should be illegal and he doesn't care about the climate either. "If I want pig meat, I just want pig meat!"
And I was like, if you want pig meat, then a climate and better quality would be a great thing, because pigs meat from groceries aren't even edible anymore, if it even contains any pig meat beside the added injected water, injected salts to retain more water, growth hormones, and antibiotics. And he eats vegetables every day. So it's not about the food, he just doesn't want to think about anything. And I think that's the case with everyone who is anti-woke. They just hate being reminded that the world is complex and that we share it with more people than just them and their ingroup.
I mean, take the simple example of doing things "for our children". If people cared so much about the well being and health of their children, they'd care about climate and vaccinating and creating a world where people are accepted for being and free to be themselves, but that's not what they're advocating for. They want things to be simple and straight forward. Good is good and bad is bad and everything is clear and not messy. Messy is tiresome. Messy is a threat and threats should be aggressively punished as harshly as possible.
And I get it. Sometimes I'm frustrated and I don't want to think and I just want to picture people exploding into a red dust cloud, so I go offline and take a walk or watch a horror movie where people explode in red dust clouds :D I don't see how people think it's okay to make their frustration with knowledge a policy they should force on people at the cost of the lives and livelihoods of billions of others, all the while whining that they're being forced to be aware of things or be ridiculed if they don't.
And I'm like, the knowledge is just there and it's kind of inevitable. Ignorance won't make it go away. You can take a break whenever, but eventually we all have to deal with all the shit, so we might as well work together to spread the loads and attention so the shit doesn't pile up, and there is still room to take a break when we want or need to. If we want more freedom and control in a world where information spreads as fast as it does now, we're better off learning some of it and using it to our collective benefits instead of building up and glorifying more and more of an adversity against it. Information-burnout is a real thing, make sure to relax enough.
TL;DR conservative thinkers all around the world seem to just want things to be simpler than they are and they don't care who gets hurt or dies for their desire to be blissfully ignorant, so it makes sense that they also don't care for what is true, as long as it fits their worldview and makes them feel like they're free and in control of their lives, while, ironically surrendering their entire lives to their hormone production and fantasies, making them less free and less in control than the average live stock. And they're fine with sacrificing the lives and livelihoods of everyone, including their friend, family, and even their own children, just for the comforting idea that they're doing good if they feel good and their evil is accepted and normalized.
"Falsehood flies, and the truth comes limping after it" -Jonathan Swift, 1710
The conservative brain chooses fear over logic
"Oh, this store sells BONGS, look at the consequences of drug decriminalization!"
Here in Brazil, where marijuana is, in fact, not readily and legally avaliable for the population, you can still find stores selling bongs everywhere and there's nothing criminal about that.
Same with Canada. Before legalization, the stores still sold bongs.
Same in the part of the US I'm from
Same in Australia
It's almost like bongs can be used for stuff other than marijuana, like tobacco or other herbs.
BRASIL MENTIONED
I was homeless as a teen (due to being trans), and I can confirm that my main concerns were home -> food -> shower. Getting an apartment and a monthly subsidy solved all of those, and then I could deal with my schooling and mental health.
Edit: Obviously, there were other factors at play including mental health and family problems, which impacted and were worsened by gender. Most people who are homeless have multiple contributing factors, which is why getting them housed is so difficult.
Thanks to everyone for the concern and well wishes. ❤️ It's been 7 years, and I am doing great.
I hope you're doing well these days and are safe and taking good care of yourself 🩷💙
Nah, you were actually more worried about 'being held accountable'. Kevin knows this, he's spoken to 3 homeless /s
@@patrickdonovan7843 *paid homeless people to say it
damn that sucks
hope you're doing better now
Due to being trans? Or due to the immeasurable dangers of active ignorance, breeding pure loathing, against the fact that you were simply trying to exist. Like you deserved to do without all that disgusting shit? -I’m really sorry you endured that but, I’m very glad you’re here to tell whatever parts of your story you choose to.
I'm a pedant so please ignore me but I get so irrationally pissed when people think drugs are legal just because they've been decriminalized. I live in Oregon where basically every drug you can think of has been decriminalized for personal use. Drugs were never made legal in Oregon, in fact they're still very much illegal, they've just been decriminalized so that users of drugs aren't getting arrested and filling up our judicial system over a victimless crime. Drug dealers can be, and often are, arrested for the selling of drugs because that is still illegal. I really hate that people aren't able to understand the difference between legalizing something and decriminalizing something.
That’s sounds like a really good system.
As someone that spent time in dv shelters, having a safe home is unmatched. Having a place where you can set your stuff down, eat food without fear, and sleep peacefully allows you to get out of survival mode and be able to improve yourself and build your support.
You mean a free home right ?
@bazkiller so what? Jelous or something? Xd
@@bazkiller why do you feel free housing is bad?
@@EL67671 it'll probably turn out like all the other programs and services we have. Abused, over used, corrupt, and causing more problems then it solves. Let's not forget that section 8 exist, and I've seen firsthand what happens to those houses. Since they were practically free, the houses get trashed, and then they apply for a new one, and move on and trash that one. When somebody is given something, they don't appreciate it's value. They take it for granted, and if this one gets too bad because we don't care for it, somebody will give us another one.
@@EL67671It make Jeff Bezos sad. That’s mean :(
Ypu can tell Tyler is the kind of guy who has decided his opinion is a fact and then creates content that is made to come to a conclusion he has already held forever.
Trying to remember the name of that logical fallacy. Begging the question, I think?
@@MySerpentine that's the one!
I mean, if you got vibes what don't you got, am I right or am I right? (I'm actually wrong)
The clout he got from the Brent Rivera controversy got to his head for sure
It's easy to radicalize as well I went down his rabbit hole for a while too but with my prior knowledge knew how badly worded all his shtick was.
These clips are genuinely hard to watch, and I can't imagine the cruelty that would lead someone to think "these people have it too good, cut that safety net."
In another video he and his shitbag coconspirator said that homeless people were entitled for wanting a safe place to live
They're Nazis.
He could’ve framed the argument as “decriminalization hasn’t been especially successful at curbing drug abuse” which from what I’ve seen is generally true, because it’s not an actual solution - it’s a measure that protects people with an illness from being treated incorrectly. That doesn’t prevent addiction. A solution would be to build genuine and extensive healthcare infrastructure specifically geared towards curbing the disease of addiction, which doesn’t really exist in the capacity it needs to on this continent.
Tyler is a total idiot though and only thinks in extremes because he’s fried his dopamine receptors with clickbait
"Housing First" approach has been used in Finland for more than fifteen years and it has halved the number of homeless people. It has also been used in Singapore for more than a decade, and now even Matt Walsh says it's awesome how few homeless people there are in Singapore.
Housing in Singapore is difficult still… applying for public housing is generally only accepted for couples who are engaged or already married. If you’re single before 30, L I guess. They’re more focused on creating nuclear families.
The leading cause of homelessness is lack of a home, so it seems like a pretty logical solution.
Yup can confirm, at least here in northern finland in most places you dont really come across homeless people at all these days. In my childhood/teenage years I do recall there being at least a small group even in smaller cities hanging around specific places during daytime, now I cant even recall the last time I came across one individual. The only ''negative''' effect is that many underage teenagers may struggle to find someone willing to go buy them booze and/or cigarettes. Our usual variety of homeless people were typically harmless drunks with some mental illness mixed in, not that many drug users.
There is different infrastructure in Canada and Finland..
@@wigglewaggle3606 Care to elaborate?
These right wing "journalists" are masters of shining a flashlight under their chin, then immediately freaking out about the scary lighting.
"Right wing" lol.
That's a pretty good line.
Love this image
Yeah that guys not RW in any sense that warrants using the term. Anymore than your average television watcher who thinks it's good fun when the television people say things is RW.
@garnet4846 yeah they're definitely right wing
"What's wrong with New Orleans? This old man says it's the Black people. Let's hear some other people's opinions, which are equally as valid."
You know, the black people who make up most of the city and have created most of the cultural treasures and strong community networks that make New Orleans unique, beautiful, and above all resilient.
I know there's no reasoning with racism but ohh does that push my buttons.
@@Kfroguar yeah I wonder if he likes jazz, or Creole food, or basically anything that New Orleans has brought to American culture
@@SykoFox God knows NOLA has its problems, but the last thing the city needs is some pathetic wannabe getting all worked up over the fact that homeless people exist.
@@KfroguarLike with just about any culturally-rich Black community, suburban white folks moved in to reap the benefits & got pissed there were so many Black people.
"I blame the bearded white guys with the duck calls! Checkmate, Atheists!"
I can't think of another "genre" of content I despise more than "Privileged influencer exploiting the poor to promote their survival-of-the-richest-every-man-for-himself-deregulate-everything ideology"
I feel so bad for the addicts interviewed in these types of videos. When i was in active addiction i was included in a photography book with an interview and even though i consented too it at the time because i was sick and the ten dollars i got seemed to easy, i never realized that photo and interview would be used against me multiple times after i got clean. I will always feel like i was taken advantage of at the worst time of my life and now there is a book where my rock bottom is immortalized forever. Ive been clean for 10 years and just recently saw my photo on a youtube video thumbnail. Its sickening how little these people care about the people they are making money on the backs of. Gross how much they get patted on the back too.
Thank you so much for sharing your experience. It's always nice to get "insider" views on a subject you're not part of yourself because things like that would have otherwise never crossed my mind.
I'm curious what your opinion is on channels like soft white underbelly and if there is a form of ethical content creation with people who are struggling as the talents basically.
your own fault, blame yourself
yup, this is where we are now, as a society.
Oh god is it mark laita's book? He's such a scumbag
Ignore the clowns going "hurr hurr your own fault stop being poor and homeless hurr hurr"
These clowns who write that shit are probably teens who live in moms basement and have never worked a day in their precious little lives.
I had a feeling this guy was some kind of propaganda monster when youtube started pushing his first videos
I've had so many recommended to me it's actually crazy.
@@Oliviaandtrinamy 60 year old Indian mother knows about this scumbag. That’s how cancerous his content is, it’s everywhere from youtube to tiktok to instagram. He has had the algorithm in a chokehold for quite some time. ITS EVERYWHERE.
I'm European so I'm not really that educated what's going on Canada regularly but after seeing Tyler's video. i told like the premise of the video to my friends and now after seeing this video i feel so dumb. This dude is so fake and full of bs, it's like me going to china, reading a 2 slide power point of their culture and making a "documentary" investigation of their deep cultural problems.
Yeah I've never seen this guy before youtube started pushing his Vancouver video on me multiple times. I still didn't watch it because it's not at all the kind of stuff I usually watch on yt
I mean that's easy to deduce just from the sort AI garbage clickbait thumbnails this scumbag uses to push a narrative.
Well, let's be real... if Walmart sold cocaine, it wouldn't necessarily worsen either its reputation or what shopping there is like.
I mean, it already sells guns.
It would be really low quality though, that might wean some people off it.
@@GamesFromSpace More dehumanizing the poor type behavior from you! Walmart sells the same Diet Coke that your master Donald Trump drinks.
@@GamesFromSpace Some Great Value shit
@@magicrainbowkitties102390% baking soda and rice flour with a big warning like MAY INCLUDE: FIBREGLASS, TILAPIA.
Boy Boy brought me here and I wasn't disappointed. Thank you for opening up my eyes on these turds. I've only watched a handful of their content and started questioning it all.
THANK YOU! This video is brilliant. All of it is so good, but it's your ending that everyone needs to watch. I am constantly trying to explain to the homeless sector how negative propaganda is growing on RUclips, and how this will negatively influence people's perceptions, making it harder to get people to help they need. I have said many times I don't know what to do about it. Your ending messed me up because you stated what I have been trying to communicate much more eloquently.
I love your work, keep up the good fight friend. ❤
God bless 🫥 InvisiblePeople
++++ and thank you for your channel
Omg I'm rly happy to see you know thought slime! Love the work you do
To be fair people have been using homeless people for their own benefit for awhile now.
just a minor interesting thing to note on those 'success stories' at 26:00, is that the end result of every story is the person/family leaving the city to go somewhere else. not even masking that he's not really helping them out of homelessness, just getting them out of sight out of mind
Right?? I noticed that too. Weird and gross.
If this guy sounds familiar to anyone who keeps up with youtube drama this is the same guy that “exposed” Brent Rivera for being a spoiled prick when they both went to the same hotel to record youtube videos about the hotel.
Ahhhhh thank you, I couldn’t place him. Real standup guy 👍 🙄
They're literally the same guy im dumbfounded by the fact those two have the exact same awful content
@@Snufkinion I was like “hmm I know I remember his name” and sure enough when i googled Brent Rivera hotel drama this guy’s name showed up for instigating an argument with Brent.
Was he even "famous" before that incident? I feel like most of his subs are from confronting Brent Rivera, because of how hated he is.
@@Full_Otto I'm pretty sure he had a decent sub count even before the incident, but it definitely rose after it.
God I really needed this video. Tyler clearly doesn't know a single gram of knowledge about drugs. He thinks bongs are used for heavy drugs. Edit: I also want to note that I'm from a small city in Alberta and my local Chevron literally sells both weed bongs and meth bongs at the front counter along with lighters, torches, and rolling papers. So it's definitely not illegal to sell that stuff in stores.
This video is basically the antithesis of one I came across a few years ago. Basically a Glaswegian filmmaker went out with an actual homeless expert who was local to the area. They talked compassionately with homeless folx, treated them like human beings and heard their stories and the nature of their problems. It was wonderfully produced, clearly had a lot of effort put into it and a tenth the views that horrific abomination of a video has. You've got my respect for sitting through the whole thing dude.
love, you can't just give such a ringing endorsement about an unfortunately low visibility project and not give folks the name of the film. come on now, whats it called?
@@CheeseLoversUnited
I wanna find out too
@@CheeseLoversUnitedRab C Nesbitt.
"homeless expert" You mean University educated poverty pimp that profits off the status quo?
@@alfsmith4936thanks
i hate the dehumanization of homeless populations...it makes me so so mad.
Wait until you learn about Gaza
"Why would you need a home, if you've already got a sandwich" is an amazing line.
48:44 tyler just pulled an "idiot says what" on a stranger and accused him of being a drug dealer on that basis 😭
Vancouver may not be "country" in our world, but to be fair, Vancouver IS its own city-state in Civ 5. Maybe he is hoping to increase his influence with them so they'll hook him up with Pearls.
I miss those days. They made Canada a civ in Civ 6, and its superpower is the ability to farm tundra. It sucks.
Don't forget the ability to not get (nor declare) surprise wars!@@emisformaker
@@emisformaker Really, Canada's superpower should be rapid technological progress, then automatic sale to some other country once you get the "Corporation" achievement.
A true story that feels related:
It was the middle of winter, and freezing cold out, roughly 18-ish years ago. My siblings, mom, and I used to watch the news in the morning while we prepared for school. Suddenly, my dad appears on screen, and a reporter is asking him questions like, "are you cold?" My dad, who seems a bit confused, thinks the report is about the temperature. He's like, "yeah, it's cold out here, but I'm keeping warm."
The report was covering homelessness in Minneapolis. My dad was not homeless, he just happened to look like a homeless person to a reporter. I haven't laughed that hard since.
In hindsight though, what's especially bothersome to me is this: at no point did they ask for his consent, or bother to ask basic questions like, "do you have a home?" Luckily, my dad wasn't particularly vulnerable, and aside from getting teased at the office, he didn't suffer much reputational harm. But plenty of "news" stories covering homelessness, much like this video, do less to illuminate the issues and do more to perpetuate stereotypes and bully people who are already having a hard enough time.
Omfgggg
Lmaoooo that’s an amazing story 😂 with a buncha facts at the end as well. A+ comment
As an unfortunate Minnesotan, yep that's our news media for you. That's funny tho.
Hahahahaha that’s hilarious- but also terrible reporting
I remember going to a Fourth of July party in 2021 and talking with some friends of my parents. I made a joke about how deer, once you are in a place where they are prevalent end up like rats with hooves. Another person nearby made the comment that that was like how pigeons are rats with wings. Then this friend of my parents, who I have known since I was a very young child and likes to believe she is a good, compassionate Christian said: “Just like how the homeless are rats in tents.”
She then went on a lengthy diatribe about how much she hated homeless people. I kept my mouth shut and tried to tune her out to avoid creating conflict at an otherwise pleasant party, but I really wanted to respond to her that “No, homeless people are not rats in tents or any other kind of rat. They are human beings. Also, I remember seeing a poster that compared human beings to rats once. I can’t tell you exactly what it said, however, because it was written in German.”
The problem with people on the right is that they do not view homeless people (or queer people, or Muslims, or immigrants, or pretty much anyone else they are conditioned to hate) as human. They view them as their god king specifically called them: vermin. That is very scary when they are looking for people to implement policy.
There was that Joe Rogan clip where he and his guest (Tom Sigura?) were talking about the disgusting homeless people just... existing, and the guest says "Do you know that if you try and throw away all of their crap YOU can be charged with a crime?" Rogan was dumbfounded- "What??? No. How?" I'm pretty sure it then devolved into a 'they have more rights than we do' type thing. I'm surprised one of them didn't talk about their 'friend' who saw a panhandler get into his Mercedes after a few hours of begging.
@@567dirt8910 wouldn’t surprise me. Rogan went told a lengthy story about how he personally knew someone who personally dealt with a kid in her class demanding to use a litter box because she identified as a furry. That story was proven false and he had to admit that it was a story he heard from someone somewhere and had no way to verify its truth. So we already know that he is a lying sack of shit.
That’s indeed the main problem with people on the right. Closely followed up by their utter lack of self awareness
I watch a ton of creators that are on the left and on the right, as I like to get a variety of opinions and lie somewhere in between and lean more towards Libertarianism, I would say that I have not experienced that "people on the right" as a whole see homeless people as subhuman. It's true there are definitely groups of people that hate homeless people (and I was chronically homeless for seven years so I have some firsthand experience, negative and positive, of people from all over the political spectrum) it's less of a political affiliation thing, and more of just individuals that clearly see some humans as more worthy of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness than others. Which is a disgusting failure on their part (in my opinion) and an ignorant, uneducated, and very simple minded perspective to hold, but not one that is correlated to political leanings.
Thankfully all my friends parents think I am a communist/ anarchist and wouldn't dare make that comparison near me.
as someone who lives in vancouver i can tell you with full confidence that tyler is intentionally trying to paint a false narrative of decriminalization causing the drug problem instead of removing a barrier for addicted people to get help
I’d be interested to hear your local perspective on that politician he interviewed
Didn't he say in both videos about cities where drugs were legal that the city tried to do what Portugal and other countries did where they had support for the users to get back on their feet
You sound like you voted for it😂😂😂😂
@@SussyTalk Yes, yes he did mention that.
Decriminalization is playing a big part in the drug problem
Very disappointing to learn not everything is legal in Canada. Really putting a damper on my weekend plans
Having been homeless multiple times and sleeping rough with my two kids… yeah, a safe, secure, SUITABLE HOME is what’s needed.
‘Multiple times’
So you’ve accepted something multiple times, but clearly it wasn’t good enough.
So let me get this straight…living on the street is better than an older run down place…that you could use as a jumping point to better yourself and then get something nicer in a few years?
Here’s a question for you then…
If the places that homeless people get are unsuitable…
Could it be that the people who previously lived in them, attributed to the way they looked?
And at some point in time, the government realizes ‘it doesn’t matter what we do, the places still get trashed eventually’.
So that would mean that the same people proclaiming ‘I deserve a better place!’ are largely the same people refusing to take care of said places, be clean, etc in the first place.
It’s almost as if there is a correlation.
These are ADULTS. So act like one, and stop waiting for everyone else to clean your messes, fix your problems, wipe your a**, etc.
Perhaps it’s that very mentality that endures the cycle people like this stay in.
By the way, you’re homeless but have access and time to watch RUclips…
There are people in the world who are homeless, that would kill to have such privilege.
The entitlement and arrogance is insane.
Republicans aren’t your ‘enemy’, you are your own enemy.
@@NightOfTheLiving8bitOkay so first off, dipshit. libraries and internet cafes exist. Homeless people can easily access the internet.
Many homeless people also own phones, and most businesses provide free or incredibly cheap, public wifi.
Secondly they did not state they were cureently homeless. Homelessness is recoverable.
Becoming homeless multiple times can be for a number of different reasons from personal to systemic issues
@@NightOfTheLiving8bit what the fuck are you talking about
@@NightOfTheLiving8bit if you thought about it for more than two seconds, you may understand ‘suitable’ means if someone is a wheelchair user, they need to be able to access the toilet in the house, or it ain’t gonna work. If someone (ie, myself) is dealing with an abusive ex trying to use the system to get their kids taken off them, you have to prove the kids have their own rooms. In this economy?! On a single income? I started typing out my whole story just to point out what an ignorant comment you’ve made, but i owe you nothing. Look up how easy it is to loose the home you live where there is no fault eviction, like where I live. Never missed a bill but a developer decides to keep pick down the older home we were living in to develop! The block is still empty 3 years later cause he couldn’t get the money to do it by the way and now he’s trying to sell the bare land. I went from living in a tent to owning my own home in 11 months. I completed my undergrad degree while homeless with two young kids. I have worked my ass off and it shouldn’t have been as hard as it was because I had so much more privilege than so many of the people I met along my journey. But I didn’t have the privilege of a support system. And that is all it takes to find yourself with nothing. When you don’t have anyone looking out for you, it’s real easy to find yourself in some horrific situations through no fault of your own.
@@NightOfTheLiving8bit and what do you mean ‘the houses homeless people get?’ I was on the emergency list for a YEAR before I got a call about a possible house. I was on the emergency list because I had two young kids. The wait list for housing in my town is 17 YEARS if you don’t qualify for the emergency list, which most people don’t. I wish I was exaggerating, but once I graduated I went into tenancy support to try and assist people like me and now I get to see how fucked the whole system is from the inside.
As someone who has been homeless, I have no idea what "being empowered" mean. Frankly, I found it frustrating how hard it could be to find government assistance as an unmarried, childless person. Ofc, ofc, i understand why people with children are prioritized, but it certainly made me feel a certain kind of way. Namely, there's the puzzling notion that first someone without a home needs a job, which always frustrated me. Shelters quickly filled up, drop ins are crowded and have limited hours, so i can confirm it's hard to keep clean and organized without a house or even a car. I just can't imagine someone without any kind of shelter being capable of holding down a job long enough to attain permanent housing much less a second paycheck. I suppose it could depend on where they lived, but i've struggled with housing in three different places and the experience has been more or less the same. It's hard to get out of the situation without money or some kind of support. Aspects of not having a base of operations (so to speak) make it just. Super hard to live, right? So yeah, as someone who has the experience, the first priority should be getting someone without a home shelter, the second is getting them money. At the very fucking least. Whatever empowerment and accountability means, usually translates into forcing houseless people through various hoops for or outright limiting the care (ie: Some people can't get any gov't assistance whatsoever).
As a person who is in favor of decriminilization Tylers conten was able to convince me of the dangers, despite me knowing the real facts. His content is dangerous and able to change peoples minds without providing any actual sources. Thank you and philospohy tube for reccomending this video for showing me how easy it is to be whipped up by fancy editing and selective footage. Again thank you for this video!!
Dude it’s not fancy editing. I live in an area with a growing fentanyl problem. These areas are hardcore. Look up the actual footage of just people driving through the areas, unedited. You get the same effect. This guy is just sheltered and can’t deal with the cognitive dissonance he’s built his public facing life and general sense of moral superiority around supporting failed public policies that have killed people.
@@coltonbrassie3565me when i spread disinformation on the internet
@@coltonbrassie3565it very much is just fancy editing. While there is a drug crisis, Tylers content is just editing and lying.
@@logemcdoge4620how
Tyler clearly explains the decriminalization is fine if it's done like in Portugal. Decriminalization without any hospitals, rehab centers, etc is how it has gone bad like in Portland.
Ah yes because criminalization definitely works. That's why there were no alcholics during prohibition, right?right?
Also just the way they treat these people are horrific. I can't imagine trying to videotape someone having an overdose like that.
False equivalence. Criminalization of hard drugs DOES work. Look at Singapore, Japan, China and Thailand.
I don't know when the left decided that promoting drug addiction is a noble cause.
mate are the druggies gonna remember being videotaped anyways? Theyre completely nodded out and in another world, and should he just not document the reality.
the general idea of "creating dependency" is just kind of stupid if you think about it for 5 seconds, if i give you $1000, you dident suddenly lose your ability to get a job and earn money yourself, your no more dependent on me then you were before, if you are dependent on my help you were already dependent and that dependency was just going unfulfilled, if you werent already dependent then nothing stops you from telling me to piss off now
It's quite literally and emphatically a case of Ebenezer Scrooge Syndrome. These rich people want excuses for why they are greedy and not willing to help others in need so that they might not feel as guilty as opposed to say a philanthropist like Mrbeast. It's unfortunate but there are far more of these scrooge types than philanthropists
Exactly. We are all "dependent" on an income, because we all have to pay for our basic physical needs. Conservatives want to ensure that dependency is hierarchal, with the employers, parents, or religious figures receiving the appropriate profit or deference from the people depending on that income.
Even as a Canadian who grew up in Vancouver, I'm always taken aback by how many people seem to think that our government "encourages" drug use by providing services to help drug addicts (ie safe injection sites, medical help, addiction services). There are so many people here who think we can just lock them all up or let them die and pretend they were never there. That kind of attitude, along with housing policies that favour landlords/investors, is what helped creat the downtown eastside. Combine that with the removal of mental health institutions and easy access to opioids (thanks big pharma) and it should be obvious that this is a systemic problem, not a bunch of individuals who need to be punished. Tyler's video is not only a lie, but it is harmful. I really appreciate you calling this out and addressing a problem that hits close to home personally.
Yessssssssss
It's one of those things people say to impress others that fall apart if you give it any honest, real world scrutiny.
Similar how to we in America have to deal with people saying that if everyone were armed like Rambo that would be the end of gun violence, when I'd like them to point to anywhere else in the world where there is significantly less gun violence than the United States where that is the reason. But people keep stating that "more guns = more safe."
Neither criminalization nor decriminalization helps with this issue tbh. You have to solve the underlying issues these people deal with that leads them to turn to drug addiction in the first place which I guess is just too complicated for some people and we prefer easy one size fits all solutions
@@zenbear9952 100%. Decrim is merely a different toolbox; more effective in many ways, but not a full solution. My personal idiosyncratic idea is decommercialization: have the government (or supported NGO) produce provide drugs free at specific health sites. It ensures a safe supply, allows people to access treatment or rehabilitation, and can save people from overdoses or other medical emergencies. It potentially also undermines the entire drug economy.
Even that is merely a different toolbox. Unless people have access to effective therapy and psych meds, and the ability to afford housing and food while unable to work, there are still incentives towards consuming, producing and selling drugs.
@@zenbear9952 Our elected leaders prefer half-measures that don't require spending money to provide support services, even when they're told how short-sighted that is and that police and ER visits cost more than prevention. The Canadian ruling class has a culture of believing 150 page reports exist to make their chairs more comfortable.
The nasty part to me is that these are so clearly aimed at children. It’s very simple rhetorical signaling that kids can understand, ‘Homeless people = Bad because Using drugs = bad’. Its already bad enough that he believes in this enough to post it, but the fact he so clearly wants *kids* to watch this stuff because they’re the only people who won’t know any better
Children and adults with the critical thinking abilities of children