Humans evolved with difficulty. It is not easy being human as we possess many flaws, and we recognise the proverb as it so clearly speaks to who we are:

It is clearly a literal fact that a chain is only as strong as its weakest link. The conversion of that notion into a figurative phrase was established in the language by the 18th century. Thomas Reid’s Essays on the Intellectual Powers of Man, 1786, included this line:

“In every chain of reasoning, the evidence of the last conclusion can be no greater than that of the weakest link of the chain, whatever may be the strength of the rest.”

See also: the List of Proverbs.

If the chain has many weak links, it will break all the sooner.

When our world population sees mass poverty and displacement in the 21st century, there has been a failure of global governance.

If people are homeless for no fault of their own and seek shelter and protection, first we should value each person and follow Maslow’s hierarchy.

There are many causes of homelessness. Examples in British history are when thousands were thrown off the land they had lived and worked on for generations: The Clearances in the north of Scotland, which began in the 18th century after The Enclosures in England, which began in the 12th century:

1750-1780: Agricultural change and ‘Improvement’ in a British context

Although often associated with resistance to change or ‘progress’, the Scottish Highlands had experienced revolutionary change in the eighteenth century. After the convulsions of the Jacobite rising and Culloden (1745-6), a new ethos of agricultural, economic and social ‘Improvement’ spread across the region, led by a handful of prominent improving landowners (Sir John Sinclair of Ulster, for example), professional surveyors and writers. Examples of estate improvement were set by the Forfeited Estates, the 11 estates forfeited and administered by the government as punishment for prominent landowners who had taken up the Jacobite cause. Drainage, enclosure, consolidation of larger farms, the introduction of new stock (sheep over black cattle, principally) and crop rotation became widespread. Essentially, Highland estates were being re-drawn along commercial lines, with increasing rents the target for owners and managers. This process had been in place from the seventeenth century, but the pace of change accelerated after 1746; the scene was set for a grander re-organisation, this time, of the population.

https://scottishhistorysociety.com/the-highland-clearances/

Which followed The Enclosures in England:

Enclosures in England refer to the process of consolidating common lands into individually owned plots, which began in the 12th century and accelerated between the 15th and 19th centuries. This practice often deprived commoners of their traditional rights to use these lands, leading to significant social unrest and contributing to the Agricultural Revolution. Lumen Learning

There are 380,000 homeless in the UK, and 8,000,000 in Pakistan.

Pakistan’s history dates back to ancient civilizations, including the Indus Valley Civilization around 3300 BC. The modern state was established in 1947 following the partition of British India, aimed at creating a separate homeland for Muslims in the region. Wikipedia BBC

Forced removal of people off their land was well practiced by the British:

We can view the statistics of global homelessness as it stands today in this interactive map:

https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/homelessness-by-country

Homelessness is a sign of governmental failure.

Prevention is the key to avoiding it.

Preserving an elite is a sign of the rot in humanity causing it.