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co_matic t1_itjy8t9 wrote

Reply to comment by eraj102 in what the hell is this (an old lady was handing these out on 50 something and 6th) by thesheepie123

There used to be.

Reminder that Ronald Reagan fucked this country.

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summers16 t1_itkxwru wrote

Weren’t mental health facilities — publicly and privately funded ones — like basically openly abusive to severely (and moderately) mentally ill patients for most of the 20th (and all of the 19th, and probably whatever they had back in the 18th too…) centuries ??

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wishtobeforgotten t1_itkyegq wrote

Yes but his solution was to close all facilities, not regulate them. Leaving them homeless.

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WhamJammer t1_itlebbi wrote

Yeah bottom line some people just need to be institutionalized. A person like this is never going to voluntarily do so.

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imalittlefrenchpress t1_itl9dek wrote

That’s true, I remember those days and how the city began to be flooded with people who needed competent guidance and structure, and instead of being abused in institutions, they began to be abused on the streets.

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