• Octospider@lemmy.one
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    9 months ago

    How many mental illnesses are linked to the cost of living? It causes me daily depression. There is a dark part of my mind that wonders if we’d rather just have people die than make life more affordable.

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      9 months ago

      If you’re looking for an answer we’ve decided to keep climate change going so 80,000,000 people don’t lose their comfortable lives.

    • zaphod@lemmy.ca
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      9 months ago

      Given MAID wouldn’t be available for a typical case of depression, I’m not sure what your point is other than to ride a hobby horse while diminishing the suffering of people with extreme mental illness.