@freakazoid Hm, I'm not sure. For me it's missing a fairly crucial component to really analogize them; that those who have a lot, support those who don't.

While I think homeless encampments are nominally 'good' in the sense of people organizing, it feels unsustainable to me in the same way that 'passing the same buck around 20 different people in poverty' is unsustainable. It certainly addresses an immediate problem but it's highly precarious at all times, and not stable in the long term.