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Economic tension is turning us against each other
Struggling to make ends meet makes people less tolerant and less supportive of one another. Under economic pressure, people are less supportive of each other and behave badly, favoring an “every man for himself” attitude. Inequalities in wealth and lifestyle cause people to blame each other. When there is enough for everyone, people share without…
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Change the words “HIV” and “AIDS” by “Mental illness” and see how you feel about it
Study Shows Mentally Ill More Likely to Be Victims, Not Perpetrators, of Violence – NC State University: https://news.ncsu.edu/2014/02/wms-desmarais-violence2014/ As mental illness is still a taboo, most people only know it when it is visible i.e. at its worst. When faced with a mentally ill person in a state of a crisis, the only reasonable reaction…