• _druid
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    4 days ago

    So the mentally ill deserve to be left to rot in the streets? Why else have a social safety net, if not for them?

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      3 days ago

      What do you want to do, give them a house? – because we closed down all the asylums. That’s where we used to house them. I’d rather give mentally healthy people the houses.

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        3 days ago

        Free apartments work for about 80% of people and can be cheaper than hospital/jail!

        (And to be specific about that minority of folks, they are not able to pick up after themselves etc.)

        CC: @[email protected] :)

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        That’s what we do in Finland and it’s been working great so far

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            3 days ago

            Yeah that’s not great but I don’t see what that has to do with housing

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              Then it’s clear you’re not actually reading any of the conversation here. Maybe go back and read the topic at hand, come back when you’ve got a good grasp on it.

              This topic isn’t about housing, it’s about housing specifically for the maladapted, psychotic, drug addicts, etc. Many here are arguing that giving them a house would make them ALL BETTER and turn them into functioning, productive members of society…

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        3 days ago

        Well we need to think ahead a little bit. We can’t take a mentally ill person right off the street and stick them in a colonial revival and expect them to maintain with the upkeep.