A friend of mine was employed at a local unhoused shelter and warming centre. My friend told me that, one day, this was converted from a general warming center to being a women’s shelter only. My friend tells me that, of course, couples did not want to be separated, so they would just leave.
I’ve seen the way their hands glisten with frostbite.
I live in a building with an underground parking garage. there must be a thousand square feet of space. It is heated with no fewer than 3 natural gas burners; even on the harshest winter day it is a comfortable living temperature inside.
a reasonable conclusion would be that we value the survival of these cars more than we value the survival of these humans.
of course very reasonable arguments could be made at this point:
- people need to get to work in order to keep society running and the natural gas flowing, and being able to start their cars in the morning is an essential component.
naturally, the people who would suffer most by being unable to start their cars are not the people with the underground garage. if I’m 20 minutes late, I’m privileged enough to be valued enough by my company that it won’t have an impact on my life. people in poverty need - nay, deserve - more stability, more technological assistance.
neither land nor concrete nor natural gas is scarce here. why should some people not
this is evil and immoral