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I'm too European to get it. What is the message?
Edit: I do get it now. I was lost in translation.
In Germany, we got two terms that translate to homelessness in English: Obdachlosigkeit (literally "shelterlessness"), defined as living on the street, and Wohnungslosigkeit (literally "appartmentlessness"), defined as lacking a living space rented or owned. "Wohnungslose" people live mostly in communal owned homes or with friends/acquaintances.
So, for me, understanding "homelessness" as "Obdachlosigkeit", this cartoon was hard to grasp.
The message is that it's not only the unwashed pan handlers that are homeless. There are a lot of people that are or have been productive members of society that still become homeless. In the US a lot of the obvious homeless have major mental health conditions so many just assume that's the main issue behind the majority of homless. When in reality it's low wages that don't keep up with inflation let alone inceases in cost of living