Unpopular Opinion
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How voting works:
Vote the opposite of the norm.
If you agree that the opinion is unpopular give it an arrow up. If it's something that's widely accepted, give it an arrow down.
Guidelines:
Tag your post, if possible (not required)
- If your post is a "General" unpopular opinion, start the subject with [GENERAL].
- If it is a Lemmy-specific unpopular opinion, start it with [LEMMY].
Rules:
1. NO POLITICS
Politics is everywhere. Let's make this about [general] and [lemmy] - specific topics, and keep politics out of it.
2. Be civil.
Disagreements happen, but that doesn’t provide the right to personally attack others. No racism/sexism/bigotry. Please also refrain from gatekeeping others' opinions.
3. No bots, spam or self-promotion.
Only approved bots, which follow the guidelines for bots set by the instance, are allowed.
4. Shitposts and memes are allowed but...
Only until they prove to be a problem. They can and will be removed at moderator discretion.
5. No trolling.
This shouldn't need an explanation. If your post or comment is made just to get a rise with no real value, it will be removed. You do this too often, you will get a vacation to touch grass, away from this community for 1 or more days. Repeat offenses will result in a perma-ban.
6. Defend your opinion
This is a bit of a mix of rules 4 and 5 to help foster higher quality posts. You are expected to defend your unpopular opinion in the post body. We don't expect a whole manifesto (please, no manifestos), but you should at least provide some details as to why you hold the position you do.
Instance-wide rules always apply. https://legal.lemmy.world/tos/
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To be clear, this is nazi shit and is in and of itself revelatory of some alarming preconceptions and attitudes you hold towards the mentally unwell. I know others in this thread have said the same, but if I'm gonna reply it'd be remiss of me not to bring it up.
But it's also just a really fucking stupid idea…? Like, on a practical level, where are you finding all these professionals to assess the entire population? How do you ensure their assessments aren't affected by their own personal or institutional biases? How do you intend to partition "most people" (your words) from society without causing said society to collapse due to the sudden removal of a majority of its constituents??? Where are you keeping your undesirables, how are you looking after them, and how are you maintaining the necessary supply chains to sustain not only what's left of broader society but also at the same time the institutionalisation of "most people"??? And c'mon, be real, most people don't want to get locked up, so what's stopping them from just lying to their counsellor during their assessments? I know I would, and I consider myself to be far more mentally healthy than the typical user on here.
Not only are you an evil human with a contempt for the wants and needs of your fellows, you're also a fucking imbecile if you genuinely believe this is in any way workable.
You name me a better solution then Also I'm not evil, I destroy evil
We could have universal health care that allows everyone who otherwise couldn't afford mental health care to get access to it and then also destigmatize therapy such that it's not seen as a weakness or shameful necessity. We could encourage compassion and empathy and accommodation rather than judgment and legal repercussions for the numerous non-violent, non-destructive conditions that many fully functional members of society experience.