1/ If we really want to eradicate the mental health and addiction crises, the most powerful things to do would be to eradicate poverty, provide universal healthcare, raise the minimum wage and cancel the college loan debt….

Dec 21, 2021 · 6:27 PM UTC

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2/ Don’t just treat people’s anxiety; stop creating so much of it to begin with.
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From someone who worked in the mental health system, the mental health system was dismantled in the 80s under Reagan n has never returned. Funding, funding n funding as well as the will to rebuild it. The factors u describe are needed but funding is critical. As well as vision.
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Far, far, far better than all that top down stuff: end capitalism or any and all reforms will be undone by capitalists. Greed begets greed.
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I just want you to be president.
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You forgot canceling my car payment
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It's killing me that Joe Manchin doesn't want families to have a child tax credit to pay their utility bills and car insurance, because Big Pharma infested his state with opium. Instead of taking Pharma money, Joe, why don't you help folks out of depressing poverty?
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The ruling class doesn’t care about helping the people. They have made that very obvious.
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That's a long winded way of saying, simply, "eliminate capitalism." You list the ills and the symptoms. But the disease is capitalism.
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We need to end Reaganomics/Trickle-down.
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Parents could try taking care of their children and legitimate centers of spiritual authority could be developed, and it would likely be a better route.
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