Conservatives believe depression is cured through pointless hard physical labor.

Then again, they think most things are "cured" through slave labor.
allthatsinteresting.com/soviet…

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exterm…

wilsoncenter.org/event/death-a…

They believe depression, schizophrenia, & dementia etc is simply a failure to keep yourself together; a lack of willpower if you will.

Detention in a concentration camp does not cure mental illness, but it does make it easier to work...

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Death and Redemption: The Gulag and the Shaping of Soviet Society

Death and Redemption examines the Gulag's role defining the border between reintegration into society and permanent removal through death.

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... people to death in a gulag.

A different sort of "final solution".

One that every fascist attempts; condemning those in hospitals to concentration camps.
nytimes.com/2017/09/13/opinion…

Republicans are infamous for their victim blaming. The GOP will never admit that their own policies traumatize & create mental illness.

newstatesman.com/spotlight/hea…

Disdain for the less fortunate is seen as "strength" by conservatives.
sites.tufts.edu/cooperativeele…

The Conservatives have created a mental health crisis

As we mark Mental Health Awareness Week, we must confront the stark reality that many face. “It has never been as bad as it is today.” I hear this time and time again from family members who work in o

^{Abena Oppong-Asare (New Statesman)}