One of the most powerful things we can do to end the scourge of a mental health crisis is to end poverty. It's impossible to overestimate the role that chronic economic despair plays in pushing people into a state of crisis.

May 4, 2023 · 1:04 AM UTC

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#Marianne2024 discussing #MentalHealthAwareness. Thank-you! Issues need to be addressed in our country
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They system is so against poor people who seek mental health care.
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Serious Mental Illness is a brain disease not unlike Alzheimer’s. Poverty is not the cause. Treatment and 24/7 supportive housing is needed.
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Capitalism requires poverty. You can’t end it while capitalism is our system.
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Remove gov tentacles from MSM
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A redistribution of wealth is obviously needed. The only way to win the war against poverty is by giving cash directly to people, unconditionally and universally. The most efficient way is through the federal government. But corrupt politicians control that apparatus.
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Got a specific plan to do that? This is Bernie bullshit all over again.
Yes…but mental illness does not discriminate… For example, when Robin Williams passed, he was worth approx $50 million.