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		lazyasciiart on Jan 9, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: For suicide prevention, try raising the minimum wa... Mmm, seems like a stretch to blame problems in Eastern Europe on the belief in a safety net - Western Europe/Scandinavia also believes in a safety net but doesn't have the same problems.

theredbox on Jan 9, 2020 [–]

What makes you think it does not ? It is just on a different scale.

lazyasciiart on Jan 9, 2020 | [–]

Sure, in that case so is the US and everywhere else, which means the social safety net is completely irrelevant.

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