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minus-square@jeffwOPlink11•5 months agoThat’s also more than just Reaganomics. That’s around when the deinstitutionalization push started. Reagan capitalized on the left’s push to close institutions and he did so without funding any replacement services in the community.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink9•5 months agoDon’t try to blame ‘the left’ for any of this. Reagan did the same thing when he was California governor and had exactly the same results. Homelessness is great for the Right. Means that there’s a need for more police and jails.
minus-square@jeffwOPlink5•5 months agoWhen did I blame the left? I said Reagan bastardized the left’s campaign fordeinstitutionalization under the guise of supporting them.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•5 months agoDon’t worry, I read your comment as you intended it.
minus-square@Beetschnappslink1•edit-25 months agoYea but Geraldo did the thing and eventually a lot of well meaning concern got co-opted so that republicans could rat-fuck the system.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•5 months agoThis happened in 1972. Reagan was Governor of California and closed down mental health facilities back in 1967.
That’s also more than just Reaganomics. That’s around when the deinstitutionalization push started. Reagan capitalized on the left’s push to close institutions and he did so without funding any replacement services in the community.
Don’t try to blame ‘the left’ for any of this. Reagan did the same thing when he was California governor and had exactly the same results.
Homelessness is great for the Right. Means that there’s a need for more police and jails.
When did I blame the left? I said Reagan bastardized the left’s campaign fordeinstitutionalization under the guise of supporting them.
Don’t worry, I read your comment as you intended it.
Yea but Geraldo did the thing and eventually a lot of well meaning concern got co-opted so that republicans could rat-fuck the system.
This happened in 1972.
Reagan was Governor of California and closed down mental health facilities back in 1967.