At some point ones mental faculties can degrade to the point where it becomes unusually difficult to chase away the demons. I'm not saying that a job is not a good thing, however, there are times where society might be better served to at least make some people's lives a bit easier.
Oh, I concur that Steemit is wonderful, I'm just not that sure how well some people that panhandle on the street are going to be able to use it.
and in those cases, voluntary charity is a solution and billions of dollars every year are voluntarily given to a variety of causes. I think with a # of charitable organizations out there though (as is the case with the state), there is a lot of corruption , and that money doesn't get to where it needs to be in an honest way, maybe the executives of those organizations could just fly coach for example and save the extra and give it to even more people in need as is their intended purpose or goal supposedly in the first place. With the state, they maintain power by making sure they have as many victims as they can who they want to convince require their services. I think we could manage a much more civilized approach to helping those in need, I don't think we need to get coercion/theft/violence/force involved in the matter. 👌 but people helping people peacefully and voluntarily? that's just crazy talk.. i know 😆
I think if you welcome people and make them feel safe many problems will disappear. Most of these organizations have good intentions but there is a stigma involved in using them. Plus the problem with funding getting diverted through corruption as you say. A simple minimal payment to everyone could fix this. With more and more jobs disappearing through automation and AI I think something may eventually need to be done.
there are all sorts of jobs that can be done, and just because someone suffers with a mental illness doesn't render them incapable of providing value to the market! absolutely not.
Definitely, some people with mental illness are very productive. There is however, all manner of abilities out there. I personally don't consider it an illness and it isn't really suffering (or it doesn't have to be). Many indigenous cultures treat the so called 'mentally ill' much differently.
Forcing someone to function normally when they are on some odd vision quest and relating to reality differently is doing them a disservice in my mind. It is better to let them have a minimum of support until they can get back to reality enough to do some service back for you (job). At that point they might just solve some usual problems.