[Script Info] Title: [Events] Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.72,0:00:04.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Homelessness\NBy Seb Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.24,0:00:08.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One hundred million people \Nare homeless worldwide Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.78,0:00:13.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there are over one hundred million \Nempty apartments worldwide. Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.32,0:00:18.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why those homeless are not living in those \Nempty apartments is still beyond my mind? Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.40,0:00:23.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In today’s self-entrapped world \Nof the so smart mobile phone, Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.88,0:00:29.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it has become much easier to ignore \Nall those that don’t even have a home. Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.38,0:00:32.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How many homeless people have you \Nwalked passed on the street? Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.94,0:00:39.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How many times have you tried to put yourself \Nin their shoes watching all those passing feet? Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.68,0:00:42.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why are they begging \Nand nobody is helping? Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.30,0:00:46.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why is there more food than ever before \Nbut nothing for them to eat? Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.62,0:00:53.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With the amount of money the United States spends \Nevery year on Christmas decorations alone Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.66,0:00:57.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they could easily eliminate their issue \Nof homelessness. Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.64,0:01:01.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is really not that difficult to overcome \Nmost of our problems today Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.84,0:01:09.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if we gather and work collectively and not get sucked into the predominantly reinforced \Nculture of hopelessness. Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.64,0:01:13.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why does modern society make you \Nfeel like you are all on your own? Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.04,0:01:19.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why can’t we build a future where nobody \Nis categorized as a negative externality Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.50,0:01:24.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and thrown out into an artificially scarce \Nsociety where you’re all alone. Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.42,0:01:30.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As many as 1.6 billion people \Nlack adequate housing Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.40,0:01:34.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and people are still defending today’s \Noutdated market structure Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.44,0:01:36.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is depressingly astounding. Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.26,0:01:40.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Governments are using metal spikes \Nto deal with the homeless, Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.08,0:01:46.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and unless we change the structural forces \Nthat generate such backwards type thinking, Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.44,0:01:50.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there will be little to no improvement \Nto such coldness. Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.58,0:01:56.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In today’s society, we take better care of \Nthose in jail than those on the street. Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.46,0:02:01.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those behind bars are given beds, sheets, \Nclothes, food, water and much more, Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.02,0:02:06.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whilst the homeless struggle every day \Njust to get something to eat. Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.90,0:02:10.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Homelessness is not an accident \Nor a fixed social condition. Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.26,0:02:16.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is the inevitable outcome of a very unequal \Nand obsolete market system Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.72,0:02:22.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,based primarily on ruthless and predatory \Nhuman vs. human competition. Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.12,0:02:26.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It will take a completely new \Nsocioeconomic mission Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.04,0:02:31.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where we instead use science and technology \Nto design an emergent system Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.16,0:02:38.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that makes sure everyone has access to clean water, \Nclean air, healthy nutrition, relevant education Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.82,0:02:41.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and of course proper accommodation. Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.58,0:02:44.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The key message in this poem Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.00,0:02:47.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that suffering on the street of hunger, Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.74,0:02:51.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,thirst, the cold, the heat, the loneliness, \Nand the degradation Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.26,0:02:55.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has nothing to do with a person's\Nchromosomes. Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.70,0:02:59.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It has something to do with the social \Nstructure they are living in Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.64,0:03:03.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that systemically denies them a home. Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.94,0:03:07.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To understand more about real \Nsolutions to homelessness Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.50,0:03:09.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and most of our problems today Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.92,0:03:15.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,please check out Tromsite, The Venus Project \Nand The Zeitgeist Movement. Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.70,0:03:18.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Also, if you want to see more \NTROM contents Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.60,0:03:20.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and help this project grow, Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.32,0:03:24.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,please support us on \Ntromsite.com/donate Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.70,0:03:27.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thanks for listening guys \Nand as always, much love.