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Re:Seattle Faces Backlash After Easing on Crimes Involving M... by ajna91 on Friday July 12, 2019 @05:53PM (#20424861)
Why the impulse to centralize everything?

In the past families would look after their own disabled members. Of course this is easier in large non-nuclear families. But maybe something like more like community centers in every town rather than imposing "Insane Asylums" run by scary officials would help?

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Re:Seattle Faces Backlash After Easing on Crimes Involving M... by DubiousPusher on Friday July 12, 2019 @10:29PM (#20426144)
To be clear, by institutions I don't mean monolithic asylums. I mean institutions in a broad sense. The way the fire department is an institution. I mean something much more akin to networks of social and the community centers you mention.
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