This, taken from a thread on Metafilter, disturbed me more than I can describe:
"Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is finally in a position to implement his dream goal of sending millions of Americans to "wellness farms".
The Trump administration has long focused on relocating immigrants and American prisoners into domestic and international concentration camps and prisons, but now they are looking to expand it to much wider swath of American citizens with a variety of medical conditions, as well as African American children.
Medical conditions under consideration include:
- Chronic illness
- Autism
- ADHD, and medication including Adderall and Ritalin
- Asthma
- Obesity
- Multiple sclerosis
- Psoriasis
- Mental illness such as depression and anxiety, and SSRI medication including Prozac and Zoloft
Instead of letting people have drugs that keep them healthy, Kennedy's "solution" looks very much like punishing them for perceived personal failures by putting people into labor camps, which he euphemistically calls "wellness farms." As Mother Jones reported in July, people would be relegated to these "farms," where they would be denied their prescription medications. They would also be barred from having cell phones, computers, or other means to contact the outside world. They would be put to work full-time, presumably for little or no pay, growing organic food. He claims this process would "reparent" supposedly broken people, again framing mental health issues as not a medical issue, but a personal failure."
Dear god.