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| ▲ | johanneskanybal 11 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| That’s an easy cop-out and disagree as an European with stronger social nets. But yes this is still a heart warming story. |
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| ▲ | kulahan 4 hours ago | parent [-] | | This story takes places in Europe, so it sounds like those social safety nets aren’t really doing shit here, as OP implied. | | |
| ▲ | KPGv2 3 hours ago | parent [-] | | It takes place in the UK, which many Europeans (British and non-British) do not include when they say "Europe." | | |
| ▲ | kulahan 2 hours ago | parent [-] | | Imagine Chinese saying they aren’t Asian, or Brazilians saying they aren’t South American! It would be equally as hilarious and important to ignore. |
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| ▲ | weakfish 12 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| I think that the _current_ systems are incapable of care, but that doesn’t mean systems can’t be in general. I often think that they’re held back in large part by people who say “we can’t” rather than building a solution |
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| ▲ | kulahan 4 hours ago | parent [-] | | It’s extremely easy to say that things could and should be better, but it’s about as useful as saying that things “can’t” be done. The problem isn’t that nobody wants things to get better, it’s that we disagree on how to get there. This has literally always been the case. Of course things could be better. Life could be perfect. Lacking this solution you’re hand-waving, it’s useless drivel. |
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| ▲ | Retric 8 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| You see far more horrific cases in the current US system where minors are cared for by members of the general public at their homes. This self selects for both ends of the spectrum people who want to do good and very bad actors. That’s the core issue so often ignored, we need systems to deal with people at their best and their worst. |
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| ▲ | h2zizzle 13 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| "Incentivizing" doesn't really fix it either, as people take avantage of the incentives. You do have to make it possible for the people who do care to be able to, though. |
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| ▲ | the_arun 16 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| Yep, we are part of the system. |
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