Unrigging the US economy and actually tending to the needs of our citizens would do more to address the mental health crisis in the United States than would any amount of money spent on standard psychological approaches to the problem. 1/3
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If a person has to work three jobs to make ends meet and lives with chronic economic anxiety day after day and year after year, they don’t just need someone to talk to about it or a pill to numb their pain. 2/3
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The mental health crisis is a symptom of a deeper cause, and the system that’s the cause of that symptom trying to distract us by saying how much they care about mental health is part of the gaslighting that’s at the heart of the problem. 3/3

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This was one of the biggest arguments for UBI. Unfortunately, there's no way our current system allows for it. Let's come together and put our energy into prioritizing changes to a system that would make our politicians accountable to people. Let's put voting reform first.
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We live in a democracy where voter/election information is sold to the highest bidder. There is no mystery as to why we have the politicians we do. I plan to change that - ask me how.
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And they are just putting more money into a field that is corrupt at worst and at best is close to useless for most people. Giving more power to industries.
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Our prisons are being used as mental hospitals and every so often they bus one of these inmates downtown in some city without as much as a handshake. It was Reagan who let lose all the patients from hospitals in the 1980's.
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Yes ... many politicians tell us they understand our pain ... but then ... do Nothing about it!
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I agree with a lot of this. Our 3rd world dictator gini-coefficient grade, is destroying our middle to lower quintile families. Though, I do think psychological expansion can help. Teenagers, especially of single parents, and those just released from prison, are two areas.
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you supported lockdowns.
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Don’t forget about the education system. It still operates on antiquated principles and has become a giant industry that benefits adults more than children. It is a “do what we tell you” system that destroys the individual initiative that’s essential for democracy.
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Where were you during lockdowns? Where were you when we learned how hazardous the mRNA vaccine is? Where were you when bipartisan voice vote #CaresActs yielded greatest upward transfer of wealth in history? Where were you when many realized Covid the dress rehearsal for….
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