A Democratic city supervisor in San Francisco is blaming capitalism for the city’s large homeless problem. This is ridiculous.
Who are the individuals protecting capitalism in San Francisco? As we have previously documented, small business owners and huge corporations are abandoning the city in droves due to crime and homelessness, and no one in the city is standing up for them.
Liberals have been in charge of San Francisco for many years. College students who are ignorant, progressive, and Bernie Sanders supporters blame capitalism. It’s not appropriate coming from a city official.
San Francisco Democrat says homelessness crisis in his district is ‘absolutely the result of capitalism’ https://t.co/BFTPzH9tP1 pic.twitter.com/zyrzmzYxlc
— New York Post (@nypost) December 12, 2023
The New York Post reports:
San Francisco Democrat says homelessness crisis in his district is ‘absolutely the result of capitalism’
San Francisco Supervisor Dean Preston claimed the city’s homelessness problems were “absolutely the result of capitalism,” and it was “counterproductive” to arrest people openly doing drugs.
Preston’s District 5 includes the Tenderloin District, an area known for its open-air drug market. Nearly half of the city’s homeless population lived in this district in 2022, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.
The Democratic Socialist supervisor argued his district was particularly affected by homelessness because of the country’s economic structure.
“I think what you’re seeing in the Tenderloin is the result of capitalism and what happens in capitalism to the people at the bottom rungs,” the local leader reportedly remarked in a new documentary by the UK outlet, UnHerd.
“The biggest driver of why folks are on the street is because they lost their jobs, income or were evicted from their homes, usually for not being able to pay the rent. So you have major landlords literally causing folks to lose their homes, and real estate speculation making it impossible for folks to find an affordable place to live,” he reportedly said in the interview.
Are there people on the streets because they have fallen on hard times and lost their homes? Yes, without a doubt. They are, however, in the minority. The vast majority of homeless people in cities such as San Francisco are either mentally ill, addicted to drugs, or both.
San Francisco's policies are the problem, not capitalism pic.twitter.com/SoPLkYbe8u
— YAF (@yaf) December 12, 2023
This is not an issue with capitalism. If anything, San Francisco would appear better right now if it protected capitalists (business owners) rather than coddling the homeless.
