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Originally Posted by Saya
And awareness is crucial because society still sees the mentally ill as dangerous on one hand or fake on the other.
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I don't disagree that some people see the mentally ill this way, but I also wouldn't lump all of society into that. I still don't see what awareness campaigns have done for the mentally ill and it mostly appears pointless to me. Promoting general intellectual growth seems more reasonable than saying to the public, "You should care about this, just because."
It just comes out of an acceptance of human nature, people can't be bothered or have the time to care about every social injustice, but the capability for prioritization and solution to widespread problems comes more from evidence-based understanding than loud soundbites, or even insults. Common awareness might create belonging, but common awareness doesn't necessarily solve problems. Because the lack of little to any productive action often becomes just as popular as the awareness itself, and is even part of it.