return2ozma@lemmy.world to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world · 1 year agoRising rents, not mental-health issues or addiction, are driving homelessness, advocates saywww.msn.comexternal-linkmessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up1328arrow-down18cross-posted to: brainworms@lemm.ee
arrow-up1320arrow-down1external-linkRising rents, not mental-health issues or addiction, are driving homelessness, advocates saywww.msn.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square33fedilinkcross-posted to: brainworms@lemm.ee
minus-squareLemmyLefty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up23·1 year agoIt’s probably also a holdover from closing down asylums, with the added implication that mental health issues are both permanent and disruptive enough that attempts to house people is a losing battle so we need not try.
minus-squareKool_Newt@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoWhy pay to take care of mentally ill people when you can let them out, arrest and enslave them? – Reagan probably
It’s probably also a holdover from closing down asylums, with the added implication that mental health issues are both permanent and disruptive enough that attempts to house people is a losing battle so we need not try.
Why pay to take care of mentally ill people when you can let them out, arrest and enslave them? – Reagan probably