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The same is true for Los Angeles. I've been in an office building while people were discussing six-figure sums like they were nothing, when outside in the alley

by briholt 13y ago

The same is true for Los Angeles. I've been in an office building while people were discussing six-figure sums like they were nothing, when outside in the alley below there were literally homeless people in a knife fight over a candy bar.

VMG 13y ago
Do you think they fought because they would starve to death otherwise or because they had mental issues?
- briholt 13y ago
  Mental issues for sure. There are a few places for the homeless to get food in that area, so it'd be unlikely for a non-mentally-ill person to starve.
- misc_closet 13y ago
  Nutrition and mental illness are closely linked. Lack of healthcare and mental illness are closely linked. Lack of housing and mental illness are correlated. Lack of employment opportunities and mental illness are correlated. You talk like an evil person from the 19th century. Mental illness is not a character defect, it's an illness. It has external causes. Psychologists have found that one way to increase the level of mental illness in society is to raise unemployment through austerity measures and other stupid economic policies that are opposed by most economists yet implemented by neoliberal governments. Another way to increase general mental illness levels is to stigmatize the mentally ill and treat them as if they have character or moral defects. This causes people with mild depressions, for instance, to sink into major depressions. Another cause of mental illness is a lack of housing. Putting people on the street causes mental illness. They aren't poor because they're mentally ill. Just as often, they are mentally ill because they're poor. If they could AFFORD treatment, they could be CURED of their illness. The issue is poverty straight up. You're a terrible person for implicitly blaming the victims.

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The same is true for Los Angeles. I've been in an office building while people were discussing six-figure sums like they were nothing, when outside in the alley

by briholt 13y ago

VMG 13y ago
Do you think they fought because they would starve to death otherwise or because they had mental issues?
- briholt 13y ago
  Mental issues for sure. There are a few places for the homeless to get food in that area, so it'd be unlikely for a non-mentally-ill person to starve.
- misc_closet 13y ago
  Nutrition and mental illness are closely linked. Lack of healthcare and mental illness are closely linked. Lack of housing and mental illness are correlated. Lack of employment opportunities and mental illness are correlated. You talk like an evil person from the 19th century. Mental illness is not a character defect, it's an illness. It has external causes. Psychologists have found that one way to increase the level of mental illness in society is to raise unemployment through austerity measures and other stupid economic policies that are opposed by most economists yet implemented by neoliberal governments. Another way to increase general mental illness levels is to stigmatize the mentally ill and treat them as if they have character or moral defects. This causes people with mild depressions, for instance, to sink into major depressions. Another cause of mental illness is a lack of housing. Putting people on the street causes mental illness. They aren't poor because they're mentally ill. Just as often, they are mentally ill because they're poor. If they could AFFORD treatment, they could be CURED of their illness. The issue is poverty straight up. You're a terrible person for implicitly blaming the victims.