"they're searching for three very fundamental human needs: identity, community and a sense of purpose"
This is also why young black, hispanic, and Vietmanese men join gangs. But what did Trump say we should do to "the thugs"?  
And finding identity, community, and a sense of purpose in ways that are good for the whole of society is dependent on a positive outlook and good mental health maintenance. But if you cut health care (of which mental health maintenance --rather than solely crisis intervention--has never been a priority even in the best of insurance times), that just won't be possible, will it?
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