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TBH the information I gleamed from this is that Pakistan somehow has mental hospitals when much of the USA lacks that sort of amenity.
If you live in the US and experience a psychotic episode, a suicidal crisis, or another mental health emergency - where do you go?
You hope that being talked at over the phone is enough to save your life, lol. Other than the suicide hotline or a regular doctor’s appointment, you’ve got no options. Dial 988 for mental health crisis.
Bleak.
I don’t quite understand how deinstitutionalizing was supposed to work here. That’s like dissolving the fire department because we want to avoid cars. Was there no way to reform or replace the institutions? Just getting rid of an emergency service seems kinda like the situation you’re describing was part of the plan.
The institutions were reformed. By conservatives. The Reagan Administrations “reformed” them into something that the federal government doesn’t pay for, while also cutting taxes.
I would not put too much faith in the quality of their care.
Still better than the Gulag, but yeah my heart goes out to gay club man.
Glad we supported the Pakistani coup and decided to recognize the illegitimate and fraudulent Pakistani elections where they jailed Imran Khan.
And now we get bonus points for being able to whine about the right wingers we’re supporting!
As per Wikipedia:
The UN noted that there had been arrests of homosexuals within the past three years in 2018, 2019 and 2022.
So it’s not like LGBT issues were much better under Imran Khan either.
Pakistan now went more right instead of less right so I’d be surprised if it isn’t worse now.
Holy shit they can tell the lesser of two evils after all.
The difference is that America isn’t going to go less right if Biden wins. It’s already in a downward spiral and voting Biden isn’t going to break it. If anything it will strengthen 2028 Republicans.
Pakistan wasn’t caught in the uniparty trap yet.
I wouldn’t be surprised either, but you made it sound like things are a lot more clear cut than they actually are.
The new Pakistani government is pretty extreme right wing so it’s certainly not getting better.
