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Not all of them, clearly. If you avoid doing things due to a fear of dieing, you will never live. Being alive is not the same as living. Someone is a coma is alive, but they arent living. Living in fear is a half life. By your logic, we should never drive anywhere, because of the number of people who die in car accidents. We should not have skyscrapers, or power lines, or bridges, because the construction and maintainace of them is really dangerous and people could die.
Only rich people say stupid shit like this.
Only stupid, rich people say stupid stuff like this.
Edit: added comma.
I'm convinced that people with excessive levels of wealth have fewer brain synapses than the rest of us living real lives of constant work & negotiating & constantly coming up with creative survival strategies.
He's not wrong. It'll be a really shitty journey as it's just voluntary homelessness, but you can choose to live as a hobo if you're brave enough. And if you're brave enough you can cross borders without permission. Not a good idea at all, lots of walking, hunger, sleeping outside, and hiding from authorities, but hey, you can.
Choosing homelessness when you have any other option isn't brave, it's fucking stupid.
"Homeless" can mean different things. It could mean "can't afford a home, can't keep a job" like the typical assumption, or it could mean "between homes but capable of getting another" or it could mean "has plenty of money but no home base, just sleeps in hotels or camps and can afford food and clothes when needed".
It's not a lifestyle I'd want right now, but it doesn't automatically mean one can't thrive. Humans were nomadic for millennia before agriculture gave us a reason and the ability to just stay in one spot.
They weren't being literal with the homelessness. And anyway, that statement is still a bit close-minded, while it obviously wouldn't be a comfortable experience, it is possible and not everything needs to be the smartest decision ever. Sometimes challenging yourself to do something extreme with lots of risk keeps you more alive than comfort could.
Lots of people walk or bike around the world.
What's more valuable to you? Having an experience that sounds outlandishly amazing? Or paying rent? We might not all agree.
Depends on your definition of homelessness. Living in a shitty, broken down van probably counts. But what about living in a $200k Mercedes Sprinter van converted to a camper, with a stable job that lets you work remote? What about a retired couple living in a 40' RV, after spending their working lives dreaming about traveling around the country?
The line that separates courage and stupidity is always very thin, be it warfare or..... Checks notes..... TRAVEL
That’s great and all but please take a few step to the left, you are blocking the sunlight
Oh, sorry Diogenes!
Hitchhiking and couch surfing is a thing.
That's just being homeless...
Nobody said it isn't.
It is traveling and it doesn't require lots of money.
Hobo sort of implies a migrant worker. Tramp is someone that travels about, but isn't interested in working. Both used to be associated with freighthopping trains. Do people stowaway on trains anymore?
I have to assume some people still hop trains. At the very least some crust punk squatter types probably do
People do this all the time. Typically it's people on bikes, crossing something.
$5 a day? Pure luxury!
In the USA all we have to do is tell ICE that we are not a citizen and bam, all-expenses-paid vacation at some random spot in the world.
Tip to the wise: to facilitate re-entry when you are done, simply ensure that your passport is stored securely in your "travel wallet".
One of the greatest propaganda pieces, that is usually not perceived as such intentionally, is that anything having to do with penalties from justice systems is free. Penal justice usually do have statutes of free services, judge time and free legal counseling, but most other tribunals and also a lot of the penalties involved incur financial costs and debt into the convicted. House arrest, you either pay for the ankle tracker or a fine for the officer's hourly pay; mandatory anger management, mental health counseling, etc, you are footing the bill; civil damages, win or lose, attorney times have to be paid; deportation, the receiving country is billed for the plane ticket, room and food during travel, which usually they pass down to you; in the US, convicts have to work in order to access anything that is not basic care (food, water and electricity), usually for slavery wages. And a long list of etceteras.
The cliché of getting yourself arrested for a misdemeanor being cheaper than paying rent and food sounds quirky fun, until the reality of fines and fees of the associated process come through. Justice systems are mostly poverty manufacturing systems.
Technically you can travel all your remaining life without money.
How much could one courage cost? A million dollars?
Travel is great if that's your thing. But I've always despised privileged entitled douchebags who use travel as a big flex, and a metric to judge others with.
or you can't travel because of martial law
Walking is free.
"But I am in America and want to tour Europe! 😩"
Swimming is also free.
If you violate enough mobility laws you can get anywhere for free!
Just board the plane without paying.
I guess they meant you can travel locally or don't be afraid of going into debt? But that would still mean it's a matter of money
Go out your front door.
Keep walking.
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Joy.
No no no, it's the courage to leave without caring about losing all your worldly possessions 🙃
