They’re petty bourgeois ghouls. Fuck 'em. Watch their “progressive” views turn 180 degrees as soon as they make the causal connection between the existence of homeless people and property value. You don’t need to apologize a goddamn thing, and fuck anyone who tries to pull some “uh acktually, their proles because they get paid a wage as well” flattening bullshit in order to shame you feeling this way. Yes, they’re ghouls for treating poor people in the abstract like shit, yes, they’re ghouls for treating particular poor people (ie you) like shit, and yes, they’re ghouls for trying to fish for clout with their asinine “wow, it turns out the poors don’t have it so good that’s so sad :(.”

As you can probably guess, they don’t actually care about poor people. At best, they see poor people as zoo animals or freaks in a freak show, something to point at, take pictures of, and used as fodder for small casual talk. You, as a poor, are expected to thank them for finally acknowledging you but otherwise keep quiet and know your place as scenery.

“Wow, Brenda, did you know poor people have monthly payments for furniture because they’re too poor to pay everything at once?” “Omg, Mary, that is so sad!”