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meadowlander
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meadowlander's Journal
January 9, 2021
Mental health care needs to be more accessible in the US.
Reading some of the posts from Q Anoners, I can't help thinking some of these people are having major depressive, anxiety, bipolar or schizophrenic episodes and needed someone to talk to and couldn't afford actual therapy.
It's not an excuse for anything that went down last week, but I think we do need to understand how so many people are such easy pickings for radicalisation.
Not that many people can afford $200 a week for decent quality mental health counseling or access to drugs, especially when access to that kind of care is tied to their employment.
But we can't afford to let free online conspiracy theory communities continue to pick up the slack.
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