Wes4Humanity

Maybe $1100/month each... Maybe

we live in a decent apartment in cool part of city $1100/month for rent

Bullshit

He's saying instead of voting for Trump (if you were going to do that) vote 3rd party so you don't vote for Trump... It's a joke

Addiction isn't freedom... But the only way to beat it is for that person to choose to fight it themselves... Until they make that choice we're just wasting time, energy, and money trying to force them to

If they want to be forced that should be an option too... But so should the option of continuing to use until it kills you... but even then we should do our best to keep them as healthy and comfortable as possible because in the long run it costs society less that way and it's easier to get out of when they decide to

As the former slaves' descendants were increasingly shoehorned into the new industrial prison complex

Yeah... Then they'd need someone helping them with their money I guess. If I had a magic wand I'd make all substances legal but manufacture and sales strictly controlled by the government... When someone gets to the point where the addiction is so bad they'd choose substance over housing or food, offer them free housing and all the drugs they want for free, but the housing is a special community just for that, with like therapists and nurses galore. When they're ready to stop using move them to the recovery community... Still free housing but also start reintroducing them to alternative activities besides drugs... All of this would require a shit ton of money though... And right now that money is almost all going to the pharma companies for their alternative drugs that never actually get people off drugs

Makes sense to me

Oh no... Class divide is whether it happened at all or gets swept under the rug... Race divide is how harsh the sentence is, but no one's making anything disappear

I mean... Money can be traded for shelter and food.

I'd say with those people you just need to give the money to a care giver instead of directly to the person... But it's still just giving money without making them jump through all kinds of dehumanizing hoops

Idk... Maybe he knew he sucks with money so couldn't offer his own wisdom on the topic, but wanted to help his kid avoid his mistakes however he could