cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/28140949
this post was submitted on 04 Apr 2025
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Alright I'll bite, even if Hairplug Himmler is right (and let's be perfectly clear, he's not).
Why wouldn't we as Americans want to help our fellow citizens overcome drug use, treat mental illness, and help rehabilitation efforts on their behalf?
ESPECIALLY IF THEY ARE "VIOLENT" and "on the street". Wouldn't we want to help them get off the streets?
Wouldn't that make us safer, happier, healthier, and dare I say... Great Again? Wouldn't that protect citizens and police officers alike at a lower cost than incarceration? (Spoiler alert it would, but there's no private for profit companies offering this service).
Wouldn't these people become tax payers? Employees contributing to society? Become future homebuyers and start a family?
These empathy lacking neo-fascist clowns can't stop punching down to those less fortunate (while claiming the lords name in vain) and I can't wait for the day we get the opportunity to match their empathy as they head to prison (preferably one in El Salvador).
The very smallest of small percent of them would. Most drug addicts never make it out of poverty because they've done something to also give them a criminal record and typically can't hold down a job.
You're almost there, and I sincerely value your input. Let's go on this journey together...
What if we treated them like human beings in need of care and rehabilitation instead of criminals who can't "hold down a job"?
Why do they not make it out of poverty?
Is it because they can't afford to? Why is that?
Is it because they can't afford to make ends meet on a minimum wage job? Can't find affordable housing? Can't pay for child care, counseling, health care, or rehab?
What if we helped them get rid of their addiction and didn't jail them for it?
If we're going to write off an entire vulnerable demographic of society, we as the functional members have an obligation to ensure that life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness are available to all. Not just those who can afford it.
Many other first world countries do this successfully already, the problem with our country comes down to the money being made keeping these people locked up and incarcerated.
Look up Norway, Finland, Sweden and their response to crime and rehabilitation. It works, if you focus on helping people instead of helping profits.
Imagine a world where those in need got the billions of dollars in tax payer subsidies that Elon Musk gets?