• Catradora__Stalinism [comrade/them,she/her]
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    1 year ago

    to prove this, they cite the works of a dude whose depression was so bad he unfortunately unalived himself.

    I seem to recall that you got in trouble for making a similar, although far less pleasant comment, about the author before and you got in trouble for it. Am I thinking of someone else?

    Not hating on your argument though, you're completely right.

    • CommunistBarbie [she/her]
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      1 year ago

      I don't think I did, but I'm not surprised other people have similar opinions.

      The way he died normally wouldn't be relevant, but he specifically wound up destroying himself in part because of his incorrect conclusions about mental healthcare. Conclusions he stubbornly included in a lot of his work.

      It's necessary to name so that people understand in part why so many leftists strongly disagree with that reductionist viewpoint.