I was reading through a journalistic piece today, from a Hessen news item over homelessness, and this phrase 'alienation from the bourgeois life practice' came up. I had to go and translate it.....to make sure I fully understood it.
So to explain part of the issues over homelessness to the general public....the journalist went to the normal list of things that rendered you a pretty big mess. The list includes drug addiction, alcoholism, family issues, and then the alienation from the bourgeois 'thing'.
Yes, there are homeless people (even in the US as well) who are attracted to the Bohemian lifestyle, and anti-materialistic, anti-conventional, and anti-value.
Most people (Germans included) have a problem in viewing this lifestyle or 'habit'.
Adding to the issue....trying to convince such a guy or gal to 'give up' and become dependent again....to live in an apartment....to seek material things, is difficult.
The article kinda ends with the note....'the city seeks special care for such people'. I kinda laughed at that point....with the phrase suggesting that they'd be put into a facility (whether they liked the idea or not). Maybe some German guy is building up a mental holding facility for Bohemians, and there's bound to be some government contract for him to handle/hold such people.
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