Collectivism: the inability to connect cause and effect.
My small town of 11K is having a homeless problem and the local liberal riff-raff are pushing the same insane solutions the Democrat big cities push. They are meeting with opposition for the most part. Needle exchange programs are meeting fierce resistance from the population because they are tired of dealing with the problems the homeless cause.
My Dad has cleared leather twice in the last year on homeless who he has caught sneaking into his business storage area. He didn’t shoot, but got the “oh sh*t!” response when they turned to see the business end of a Glock 19 pointed at their heads. One actually tried to tell him he was visiting his friend in the apartment on the third floor, except there are no apartments in the building. He was escorted out at gun point like the other one with the warning, I catch you in here again they will carry you out, there will be no more warnings or mercy and they haven’t returned.
In the winter the police get at least one or two calls a week where a homeless person has found an exterior crawl space and they go under someone’s home to get out of the elements. A Family Dollar in the down town has them sneaking on the roof sleeping, shooting up, crapping everywhere. People are fed up with them and starting to get fed up with the do-gooders as well.
Most people here have a relative or friend that is hooked on drugs or has mental issues and have come to learn for the drugs tough love is the solution and that the mental health laws are an abomination an crime and they know if you start feeding a stray dog, they will come and they will bring friends and stay.