Rant
This is a bit of a rant before I head off to bed but please consider this a comraderadely reminder: Any so-called communist who starts pivoting to this kind of punching down rhetoric should give a MASSIVE :hitler-particles: vibe.
I’m not backing down from that, there’s a reason fascists are most successful when coopting class war rhetoric. Once you lack basic solidarity with people your class consciousness is chipped away like a Welsh stonemason chips away at slate.
“Mental Illness” can mean “non conformity” and “atypical” in some contexts, and did often mean exactly this in the past. When talking about mental illness one should talk about it with the respect the topic deserves.