Tents

There are more and more tents popping up around my city. This used to be unheard of in Montréal but now it is something people are getting used to. They aren't directly on the street like in some cities like Los Angeles but strategically hidden next to bushes in parks trying to avoid the police who have more than their hands full as it is.

The social fabric is broken most everywhere in the world (save a few countries) and that video I posted this morning on Appalachia shows how you can hollow out by devastating its economics. The only surviving industry is coal and much of it is exported to China. Many are on opioides.

We have a climate crisis but long before that a social justice one especially in places where the very poorest are left to fend mostly for themselves. While some people think about what color their yacht is going to be, others consider what things they will do with less of this month.

Will they be cutting back on food or halving their medications?