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Mental hospitals may have been bad, very bad, but what if the alternative is worse? I walked into a Starbucks in downtown San Jose a few weeks ago and there was
by whyenot 3y ago
Mental hospitals may have been bad, very bad, but what if the alternative is worse? I walked into a Starbucks in downtown San Jose a few weeks ago and there was someone in there asking for water. Their clothes were soiled rags. They had sores on their ankles. Their face was smeared with dirt. Is that kind of an existence better than spending time in a mental hospital? Is it really the most humane option to let people slowly die on the street? I know what my answer is.
- johnnyanmac 3y ago>Is it really the most humane option to let people slowly die on the street? Legally, yes. Unfortunately. If nothing else, it is something done in their own power, and no governmental institutions can be accused of breaking the 7th amendment over it. There are current and forming solutions to this, but the US has always had a fickle relationship with actually voting in welfare options when push comes to shove. Crabs in a bucket; They want the homeless out of sight, out of mind, but don't want to pay taxes that goes towards "free handouts". That mentality needs to change if the US is ever going to make headway on this.