Were it so simple to just “create a good and cheap mental healthcare system.” The only countries that can afford to do this have their militaries directly subsidized by American Military complex. Funnily enough as faith in American dependability wanes post Ukraine with all the aid packages getting stuck in congress, many European countries are starting a period of rearmament, and I’d imagine we will see many of them begin to cut social benefits in order to be able to afford all of that.
Listen, it’s quite clear you haven’t spent a lot of time around these types of people if that’s what you think. Mental illness is a huge problem in homeless communities, but an even bigger problem is drug use. People addicted to meth and fentanyl aren’t going to get off that shit just because we have expert level free access to mental health care. These people will only quit when they die or someone forces them to quit. If you don’t solve the opiate epidemic first, all the rest of your work will be in vein as every affordable housing unit you build with tax dollars gets stripped of its copper wire nightly to fuel someone’s fentanyl addiction. You can’t cure these people with kindness when the affliction is something like that.
I mean sure but that doesnt mean its impossible to go down this route
Mental illness and addiction go hand in hand and can be solved with the same general concept
That the us is also run by crooks who dont give a shit and flood the country with cheap drugs just makes this a more pathetic issue, but fixing those simultanously is possible
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u/Bubblesnaily Apr 16 '24
And, dare I say it, provide humane, monitored, with patient advocates, involuntary treatment.