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11. It is the reestablishment of the Poor Houses and Asylums of the 1800s and early 1900s.
Tue Aug 12, 2025, 12:40 AM
Aug 2025
Poorhouses Were Designed to Punish People for Their Poverty
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Throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries, poorhouses were a reality for society’s most vulnerable people. These locally run institutions filled a need in a time before Social Security, Medicaid and Section 8 housing became a reality. They also exposed the stigma and shame society placed on those who were unable to support themselves.
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https://www.history.com/articles/in-the-19th-century-the-last-place-you-wanted-to-go-was-the-poorhouse

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total nazi takeover. next, take people off the streets and kill them. saves housing and feeding What have Dems said? msongs Aug 2025 #1
then they will send you to the farms... ret5hd Aug 2025 #2
Or what about dweller Aug 2025 #3
only after they've used you up. ret5hd Aug 2025 #4
Anyone remember? Xoan Aug 2025 #5
The US government co-opted some of them EYESORE 9001 Aug 2025 #6
Thanks for this, moniss. ancianita Aug 2025 #7
If anyone can impersonate a federal agent without worrying about showing their face... Trueblue Texan Aug 2025 #8
Yeah, let's "hope" ... nt Justice matters. Aug 2025 #13
"...there are markodochartaigh Aug 2025 #9
The Soviet Union made a practice of committing dissidents to mental institutions Gaugamela Aug 2025 #10
It is the reestablishment of the Poor Houses and Asylums of the 1800s and early 1900s. SunSeeker Aug 2025 #11
Every time I think this evil bunch has checked all its worst "to do" boxes, calimary Aug 2025 #12
Commit them? LudwigPastorius Aug 2025 #14
Two concentration camps are being established Captain Zero Aug 2025 #19
When private prisons are a growth industry in a country dlk Aug 2025 #15
It's reported he is building more "Alcatraz". facilities. Dixiegrrrl Aug 2025 #16
See my post#19. Job growth in Indiana. Captain Zero Aug 2025 #20
Thanks for pointing it out. yellow dahlia Aug 2025 #17
I wouldn't mind if someone "solved the problem of Trump's mental illness" by Jack Valentino Aug 2025 #18
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