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19. The real problem is our society to begin with that destroys our souls

Reply to Quixote1818 (Original post)

Tue Apr 20, 2021, 06:48 AM

Apr 2021

I've met homeless people who're just so broken by this fucked up society of ours that they can never be functional. Mental hospitals aren't gonna help much when they get thrown out into the open again.

Sadly it's a fucked up situation all around and I have no solutions either. All I know is that prepare for the worse.

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Has anything ever been done to reverse Reagan's policies that blew up the homeless problem [View all] Quixote1818 Apr 2021 OP

Reagan messed up California leftieNanner Apr 2021 #1

Blaming closing hospitals on Reagan AZProgressive Apr 2021 #2

The system was a bit different before Reagan I believe. KPN Apr 2021 #4

I personally wouldn't want to go back to the old days of mental health treatment AZProgressive Apr 2021 #5

Not all homeless are mentally ill, but many mentally ill become homeless Grokenstein Apr 2021 #11

Being homeless causes mental illness too AZProgressive Apr 2021 #13

Is that supposed to change my argument somehow Grokenstein Apr 2021 #15

Not actually. Kaleva Apr 2021 #20

Know that outside the VA KT2000 Apr 2021 #8

I also went through the private health care system too AZProgressive Apr 2021 #9

Durango! snort Apr 2021 #16

have you considered going to court to be made your friend's legal guardian? Kaleva Apr 2021 #21

You are not informed about this. Jakes Progress Apr 2021 #10

Whatever AZProgressive Apr 2021 #12

Well spoken. byronius Apr 2021 #14

I agree with you, Jakes Progress. ShazzieB Apr 2021 #18

Remind the facebookies that Reagan and that anti-government gang promised the, free market, ShazamIam Apr 2021 #3

There was a map showing the California economy compared to the rest JI7 Apr 2021 #6

No leftstreet Apr 2021 #7

Sums it up concisely! KPN Apr 2021 #23

My own experience making friends with mentally ill homeless people PurgedVoter Apr 2021 #17

The real problem is our society to begin with that destroys our souls ansible Apr 2021 #19

It's a terrible problem. I live in a red rural area in Oregon. We have a KPN Apr 2021 #22

No, we have never had power long enough to get rid of this stuff... Demsrule86 Apr 2021 #24