howard mcsweeney1 wrote:I find it rather crass to link in the grinding poverty described in Orwell's book set in the time leading up to the depression of the 30's with today where we live in the world's 5th largest economy.
There are still "gentlemen of the road" but most homeless today are desperate individuals that face a hard winter facing the elements, sometimes through no fault of their own.
When Orwell wrote that what was our ranking in terms of global economy? Perhaps we can have a discussion about relative poverty.
No two examples of homelessness are the same, as the esteemed Captain points out, all sorts of "ordinary people" can fall on hard times, my point was the two people I referred to were treated with dignity.