BasedErebus t1_itvh0tp wrote
Reply to comment by watermelonsugar888 in Many people despise the homeless, while living one paycheck away from being homeless by flavortownpolitics
This is a byproduct of a shit mental health system. They used to have asylums, now they're literally on the streets
brickmaster32000 t1_itvs2eq wrote
You say that as if asylums weren't horrific places that abused that population
BasedErebus t1_itwlo83 wrote
That's a whole separate conversation, but currently there is nowhere people can go for mental health help if they're not capable of functioning in society
brickmaster32000 t1_itwo1zh wrote
I think it is exactly this conversation. If you want to pack up and ship the homeless out of your neighborhood you have a responsibility to do it in a humane way. You can't just send them all to asylums and pretend like what happens there isn't your responsibility when you were the one that wanted to put them there.
Why not just skip the middle man and propose dumping them in the desert? Sure they might all starve and die but thats a different conversation right, so not worth thinking about when proposing these actions.
watermelonsugar888 t1_itxkn0q wrote
So what do you propose?
BasedErebus t1_iu0nkw6 wrote
Thats why an ACTUAL system is needed. They should ideally be rehabilitative and treatment oriented. Something better than screaming at people on the subway or burdening the ER system (I worked as security in a busy city ER for a while)
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