> you drown someone in psychiatric drugs that kill the soul, leaving behind a walking corpse A walking corpse is totally fine as long as it can keep toiling an

> you drown someone in psychiatric drugs that kill the soul, leaving behind a walking corpse A walking corpse is totally fine as long as it can keep toiling and paying taxes. From the perspective of our capitalistic society this is a good outcome. > if they had actual help A lot of mental health issues are a result of the war of attrition of the system against the person. I bet that for a non-trivial chunk of people the source of their mental health troubles is that they got unlucky at life/career/education and are stuck in a vicious circle of poverty and misery with no way out. Also, merely accessing mental health counselling requires a privileged position - knowledge workers can take an hour of their day here and there with no problems at all, but for hourly-rate menial workers the choice might be between "go to this therapy session" or "be able to pay your rent this month". Mental health counselling isn't going to change anything nor pay your rent/bills. This is a systemic problem; there are solutions but they would be bad for business and inconvenience entrenched interests.