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Re:What a progressive utopia does to outdoor dining by bobsmooth on Monday December 13, 2021 @10:27PM (#29547853)
Reopen the asylums Reagan closed.
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Re:What a progressive utopia does to outdoor dining by haberman on Monday December 13, 2021 @10:58PM (#29548056)
I was shocked to come across this figure today:

> "If the United States still hospitalized its mentally ill at the same rate it did in 1955, its mental health institutions would house almost 1.1 million people any given day. Instead, they house fewer than 50,000 patients," - Michael Shellenberger.

https://twitter.com/sullydish/status/1470504513874403333

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Re:What a progressive utopia does to outdoor dining by oh_sigh on Monday December 13, 2021 @11:02PM (#29548076)
Or rather we house them, but just in jails and prisons.
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Re:What a progressive utopia does to outdoor dining by dylan604 on Monday December 13, 2021 @11:46PM (#29548338)
They are probably experimented on less in prison.
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Re:What a progressive utopia does to outdoor dining by glogla on Tuesday December 14, 2021 @06:56AM (#29550700)
They probably do more slave labor in prisons.
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