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> Eugenics by free market

That hit harder than I expected, for someone whose loved ones were crippled by primarily schizophrenia. Even two generations back, such people would be cared by family or community, but now they have practically no one. The system is working as intended, it seems.

Sad.

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My sister struggled to get basic disability (she was the most socially incapable person I've met in my life, to the point that only my mom and her kids talked to her near the end). My folks spent their meager savings to support her while she appealed over and over. She had addiction issues. So everyone in the court system just saw her as a lazy bum trying to scam the system. My parents had to work longer because of that. She ended up killing herself after a long period of homelessness, finally getting public support after moving to a different state and getting therapy, but it was too late. Some of that is on us, as family members, for having not been able to put up with her and blocking her. But a HUGE portion of the problem was her struggle just to be recognized for her issues. Meanwhile my mom (truly loving and caring, so it drives me nuts) in the 90s was like "HILLARY CLINTON SHUT DOWN ALL THE MENTAL INSTITUTIONS" (meanwhile she voted for Republicans ever since I was a kid, and the push to close them came during the Reagan Era). She was correct that the Clintons were part of that endeavor, but then just fell hook line and sinker with the partisan propaganda instead of being able to assign blame. And continuing to support politicians who are bound and determined to "cut cut cut". She saw first hand what the system does, and still supported it, because I guess better a fetus not be aborted, than a grown ass adult human stays living.

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