A dear friend linked me a video This is the last free place in America and to say the least I was not sure what to think at first. But WOW that looks like HELL to me is what came out, because the only differences between it and my current situation is that the people in the video are in a desert and I’m in Portland. They have removed themselves from society, whereas I want to help rebuild society. I have seen the inherent systems of city, state, and government keep people in the situations they are in, by cycling them through the systems of welfare programs, drug addiction programs, housing lists that you can be stuck in for 3-5 years plus, shelters that are squallers infested with pests such as bedbugs and lice, if you’re lucky you won’t wake up to find your belongings stolen, as beds sit empty while those who want a bed are turned away being told they are full. The homeless tiny home communities are not much better, they feed the addictions, they have thefts regularly, are mentally harmful. And being on the street is just as bad, with homeless stealing from other homeless, having to live in an rv on the side of the road, in a tent, or worse off the people who end up sleeping in doorways and alcoves with a few blankets as their only warmth, this is SURVIVING not living. My husband and I sell Street Roots newspapers, its the only job we’ve been able to get, because no one would hire us when we lived at dignity village a homeless tiny house community and if they ask what your housing status is and you tell the truth, you can forget getting that job. I have been stereotyped all my life thanks to my anxiety and now because I’m homeless. My damn family was homeless when I was 10 years old and I swore I would never be homeless again, here I am again not by choice but by circumstance, and since then we have been fighting to get ahead and stay ahead. I have always wanted to teach and help others, and nowadays I see the world around me in a worsening everyday, due to greed perpetuated through fear. Our government has created and perpetuated fear as a means of control for decades, centuries and it won’t stop unless humanity opens their collective eyes and sees the truth. I have not given up on my life, my dreams, my goals, or the ability to see through the darkness of a society ruled by greed and governed through fear.
I will not be silent, I will speak and be heard, I will fight for those who cannot, because I refuse to live in a world ruled by greed, supremacy, bigotry, racism, intolerance, and lies.
It is time for a new world order, time for the silent to speak, the quite ones to be loud, and create the change that has been denied all of us the reality that life does not have to be about suffering in order for it to be considered valuable.
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