"I would like to say 'This book is written to the glory of God', but nowadays this would be the trick of a cheat, i.e., it would not be correctly understood."--Ludwig Wittgenstein
"OH JESUS OH WHAT THE FUCK OH WHAT IS THIS H.P. LOVECRAFT SHIT OH THERE IS NO GOD I DID NOT SIGN UP FOR THIS—Popehat
Tuesday, October 31, 2023
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Can we start with him? Lead by example, I always say.
The whole reason they got rid of them was because they cost money, dumping them out on the street was supposed to come "treatment in the community," which was cost-cut away to handing out drugs and letting all hell break loose. Of course the result is the mentally ill are most likely to be the victims of crimes instead of criminals and a lot of those who are criminals end up in county jails at an even higher cost. It was Republicans like Nelson Rockefeller who pioneered dumping the mentally ill out on the street, along with the "civil liberties" industry.
The whole reason they got rid of them was because they cost money, dumping them out on the street was supposed to come "treatment in the community," which was cost-cut away to handing out drugs and letting all hell break loose. Of course the result is the mentally ill are most likely to be the victims of crimes instead of criminals and a lot of those who are criminals end up in county jails at an even higher cost. It was Republicans like Nelson Rockefeller who pioneered dumping the mentally ill out on the street, along with the "civil liberties" industry.
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