Note 03/01/2026
Estuve viendo varios documentales, videos cortos, todos relacionados con el vivir sin hogar en la calle, despu茅s de escuchar tantas crueles realidades me tope con una persona que ayudaba a aquellos sin hogar ofreci茅ndoles casa, trabajo y comida, suena fant谩stico, pero contaba como aquellas personas que aceptaban terminaban queri茅ndose suicidar, sin aguantar esa realidad que por tanto tiempo parec铆an escaparse, ah铆 profundice mi pensamiento de lo profundo de esta discusi贸n, aquellos que est谩n sin hogar casi siempre viven en lo inmediato, pensando en que comer a la noche y no mucho mas, que tal dia deben ir a tal lado para ba帽arse, o simplemente pensar r谩pido donde dormir esta noche, en que plaza, en que (banco de la ciudad), en la inmediatez de la supervivencia
I've been watching several documentaries and short videos, all related to homelessness. After hearing so many cruel realities, I came across someone who was helping the homeless by offering them shelter, work, and food. It sounds fantastic, but they were talking about how those who accepted often ended up wanting to commit suicide, unable to bear the reality they had seemed to be escaping for so long. That's when I really started to understand the depth of this issue. Those who are homeless almost always live in the immediate moment, thinking about what they'll eat that night and not much else, that they have to go to a certain place to shower on a certain day, or simply thinking quickly about where to sleep tonight, in which plaza, on which city bench鈥攖he immediacy of survival.
Aquel pensamiento lineal de que a las personas sin hogar ofreciendoles estas oportunidades les salvas la vida puede ser contradictorio, y no piensen que digo que no se les debe de garantizar, pero tambien deben ser acompa帽ados en el proceso, pensar el porque llegaron a estar donde estan, de que estan escapando, hacia donde estan huyendo, y pensar mucho mas inteligentemente como poder ayudarlos. Principalmente con comida, casa y trabajo, pero tambien acompa帽andolos en este proceso que para ellos es volver hacia lo insoportable, el poder pensar tranquilamente hace que pensemos en un pasado que nos llevo hacia la calle, y es ahi donde radica tambien este problema
The simplistic notion that offering homeless people these opportunities saves their lives can be contradictory. And don't think I'm saying they shouldn't be guaranteed these opportunities, but they also need support throughout the process. We need to consider why they ended up where they are, what they're escaping from, where they're fleeing to, and think much more intelligently about how to help them. Primarily with food, shelter, and work, but also by supporting them through this process, which for them is a return to the unbearable. Being able to think calmly makes us reflect on a past that led us to the streets, and that's where this problem also lies.
Si bien el ofrecerle comida sirve en la inmediates, el dinero, el abrigo, tambien hay algo sistematico que los empuja hacia ello, y no podemos culpabilizar al sujeto que fue llevado hacia este extremo. El sistema que hoy en dia nos ahoga en un subsistir constante, en el cual muchos son llevados a lo extremo de la supervivencia y abandonados tanto por los propios como por ademas del sistema
While offering food, money, and shelter helps in the immediate moment, there's also a systemic element driving them to this point, and we can't blame the individual who has been pushed to this extreme. The system that today suffocates us in constant struggle for survival, in which many are driven to the brink of destitution and abandoned by both their own families and the system itself.
Si seguimos apoyando medidas en donde la clase de abajo sigue sufriendo pagando los disfrutes de los de arriba, seguir谩n pasando estas cosas, donemos, siendo compasivos, dando abrigos o comida, seguir谩n sufriendo por la base de lo que ello fue concluido, debemos luchar y sacar ese pensamiento de que la persona que vive en la calle es mala, drogadicta, o simplemente vaga, y pensar en la profundidad de cada realidad, y que no ayuda siendo critico hacia el sujeto, sino hacia el sistema que tan perfecto se cree y abunda la crueldad, el abandono, y la avaricia
If we continue to support policies where the lower classes suffer while paying for the enjoyment of those at the top, these things will continue to happen. Whether we donate, show compassion, give coats or food, they will continue to suffer because of the very foundation of this situation. We must fight and abandon the notion that a person living on the street is bad, a drug addict, or simply lazy, and instead consider the depth of each reality. Criticizing the individual doesn't help; instead, we must criticize the system that believes itself to be perfect but is rife with cruelty, abandonment, and greed.