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America's Mental Health System Struggles to Protect the Public

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19 pointsSanjayMehta8 comments

people with grave mental illness that are a threat to society, are not all destitute and homeless.

there are many high profile public figures that should be detained for 72 hrs observation and qualification.

To be honest, everything is fucked in America at all levels and across the whole spectrum, unless you are a billionaire. I am not sure how’s that sustainable and for how long.

Don't be hyperbolic. You don't need to be a billionaire by any means. You only need about 3 million a year. $3 million is enough to have any sort of professional most people make appointments for come to you as needed. Doctor, Lawyer, etc. It's enough to fly private anywhere in the US and First Class the rest of the world. It's enough to get the best seats at any sporting event or concert and enough to stay in the nicest places when you travel and have any sort of luxury or accommodation arranged for you. It's enough to own amazing homes, boats, cars, horses, and even have a small jet with a pilot. It's enough to do all that and still donate life changing money to multiple people every year. It's enough to get a seat at any politician's table. Of course all of that used to be possible with only 1 million and quite a bit of it still is, but you would have to make some choices.

Anyone that is making 3 million or more and still works to make more money is basically suffering some sort of mental issue and should be helped and treated. Of course there are exceptions for many people who don't make their money in a sustainable way like entertainers and athletes etc.

The real world is generally run and controlled by people who are making between 3 and 10 million dollars. The billionaires are not really respected or considered meaningful as anything other than sources of funds and markers of extravagance.

> The real world is generally run and controlled by people who are making between 3 and 10 million dollars. The billionaires are not really respected or considered meaningful as anything other than sources of funds and markers of extravagance.

The President of the United States has increased his wealth by at least $2 billion (or more, depending on who you ask), since the last election.

The president is a temporary figurehead designated by the people in that particular income segment. The current sitting president is also a huge outlier in that he is an old man that's been wealthy his entire life and famous world-wide for 5 decades and has entered politics as more of a nightcap on a long celebrity "career" of simply being rich.

hey, hatmall, james here from the other thread about factory, just stopping by to say i like how you think!

So fucked millions will risk their lives to come here at any and all costs.

Fuckery is relative and desperation will motivate people to make decisions even if they aren't sustainable ones. Furthermore, the externalities of colonial exploitation, coups, resource curses, economic exploitation like through the IMF, and climate change caused largely by the Global North tend to lead many countries in the Global South unlivable. American exceptionalism is over except for people who overvalue their worth and undervalue the worth of others.

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