A War on Homelessness
Why Hacker News recommends it
Quoted as a comedic aside in threads on homelessness and housing, where commenters note it lands on the same conclusion as serious articles.
What it is
A George Carlin stand-up bit proposing a war on homelessness, mocking how every national problem is framed as a war. It is a satirical routine about homelessness and housing.
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What Hacker News said
Cites Chiron1991 · 2021-08 · on “Homelessness is about housing”
Speaking of George Carlin, he also made a bit on homelessness and came to the same conclusion the article did: [this video]
Cites beeflet · 2026-01 · on “Eat Real Food – Introducing the New Pyramid”
Those DEMOCRAT SOYBOYS are gonna hate this, but I'm gonna say it anyways. Today we're joining the WAR on protein- ON THE SIDE OF THE PROTEIN. It's an idiocracy bit, the continual flanderization of the USA. It reminds me of carlin's act about how everything we do has to be contextualized into war: we can't just solve homelessness, we have to declare WAR on homelessness ( [this video] ).