• duderium [he/him]
    hexagon
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    edit-2
    4 years ago

    Agreed. And I can see how this meme makes those things look bad. But can’t you also see the possibility of the state replacing police with “mental health care workers” who are actually just more police?

    Edit: I can delete this if people think it’s insensitive.

    • Shitbird [any]
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      4 years ago

      I guess. There's just a weird part of the left that thinks mental healthcare is bad for some reason. mostly responding to the meme inside of the meme lol

      • axont [she/her, comrade/them]
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        4 years ago

        I believe there's a distinction between "mental healthcare is bad" and a proposition that since healthcare in general exists within a capitalist framework, it will inevitably bend towards capitalist ends. The logic of a healthy population is expressed through a well-adjusted person's ability to generate profit.

      • duderium [he/him]
        hexagon
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        4 years ago

        Nah mental health care is good. I’m getting closer to deleting this.

        • Shitbird [any]
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          4 years ago

          not trying to drag you comrade. shitposts gonna be shitposts :rat-salute: lol

      • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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        4 years ago

        There’s just a weird part of the left that thinks mental healthcare is bad for some reason.

        Medical professionals are still people and a lot of them suck.

        Imagine Elon Musk but he's got an MD. Widely respected and emulated, heavily popularized for doing a thing that combines self-promotion and generating lots of money, and a raging narcissist who has zero tolerance for his staff or clientele. Guys like this exist in the medical profession and they're a fucking bane of the industry.