Senior men have higher rates of suicide than average, and firearms were involved in more than three-quarters of those deaths in 2021, according to a CDC report

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    1 year ago

    What use is a cog that can’t cog anymore? Caring for elders is not built into our value system and not protected by our economic system.

    Also, what good is “care for depression” when the causes of depression aren’t a “chemical imbalance” but having to live in a partriarchal capitalist society that only values men for what they can provide?

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      1 year ago

      What if constantly calling a system that fails men “the patriarchy” was part of the problem?

      What if calling a system that blames all men for a system that benefits a tiny elite was a large reason why so many men are totally dead disenfranchised with the concept? If there was even a one percent chance that was true - would you stop it doing it?

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        1 year ago

        What would you suggest instead? The “kyriarchy”? The “military-industrial-congressional complex”? How about getting fisted by the invisible hand of the market?

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          Why would I have to choose a name that specifically targets one demographic?

          When are the Internet revolutionaries going to realise that choosing solutions that deliberately create division will… Wait for it… Create division.

          How are you going to solve problems when you’re literally motivating people to resist you?