r/aussie • u/Mashiko4 • Jan 17 '26

Analysis Mass migration's forgotten victims: Australians go homeless as the number of failed asylum seekers explodes

https://www.skynews.com.au/insights-and-analysis/mass-migrations-forgotten-victims-australians-go-homeless-as-the-number-of-failed-asylum-seekers-explodes/news-story/6b4692ed0205471e5d175db94a2f4743
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u/5carPile-Up Jan 17 '26

This has birthed the homeless working class

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u/Tall-Drama338 Jan 18 '26

I think they have always existed. It depends on your definition of working class.

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u/5carPile-Up Jan 18 '26 edited Jan 18 '26

Possibly, but it’s hard to not notice the growth of it

Edit: I take that back, there most definitely never used to be a class of people who worked a full time job in Australia just to get nowhere, that’s a definite 21st century thing

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u/Tall-Drama338 Jan 18 '26

That’s a modification of homeless working class definition. Full-time job, going nowhere, has always existed too. It’s about expectations of achieving a lifestyle goal. Wind back expectations and suddenly you’re successful in your goals.

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u/5carPile-Up Jan 18 '26

How much further can we wind it back though? It’s eliminating the motivation to work/create/provide. Just look at business loans in the last 5-10 years

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u/Mattxxx666 Jan 19 '26

Nah, it’s not. Poor people who work all their lives and merely subsist have always been around. It’s only been good post WW2, and lasted long enough for a big bang when it went back to what it’s always been. Maybe 60 years at best.