An influential Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott was under scrutiny for his controversial statements towards homelessness, where he reportedly said that "we can't just stop people from being homeless if that's their choice" (Gerald, “Tony Abbott on Poverty and Homelessness”). This quote alone has unleashed a storm of images such as memes and political cartoons that portray the politician as a hero of the elites and an oppressor of the poor. Many people in Australia were divided and conflicted with this dilemma between the homeless and the individual