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Reopen mental institutions and enable forced is institutionalization. Engage this at the federal level. So sick of this crap.

These “homeless” are not the kind who need clean clothes and shelter and some help getting a job. They want to live like this at the expense of the public’s money and enjoyment of public amenities.

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I'm pretty far left but I have to agree that some people are not mentally capable of independence, cause public harm, and need to be forcibly committed. I want that to be done carefully and humanely. I don't want someone who sleeps on the street and causes no trouble to get institutionalized. But the worst of them should get jailed, tried, and then sent away.

We also need to support people at risk when they're young. If their parents had mental health support, if they didn't experience a loss of housing as children, if losing their job didn't make opioids looks so attractive, we wouldn't have that many people unable to care for themselves.

Hey, that actually works really well in India:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpIJJPvn_ZI

Edit: This got downvoted because it's a direct retort to what the GP is suggesting.

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