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Socialism might seem pretty cool for someone willing to ignore the last 100 years of humanity's experience with it.
Socialism together with some capitalism is really the way to go. Having one of them totally uncontrolled to an extreme level is what leads to problems.
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Did they correct for any confounding variables? Old people are more likely to kill themselves and US has an aging population. Edit: Also, old people in the USA are more likely to be white.
I don't have time to follow the links and dig into the data quality but a recent SSC post[0] claims "Blacks and Hispanics have only about half the suicide rate of whites", which seems pretty strong to be accounted for by average age differences. [0] http://slatestarcodex.com/2018/05/31/in-search-of-missing-us...
If there's ever a reminder to be kind to others and to talk to people who might need help, this is it.
Amen, and thank you for saying this. Simply being kind and smiling can be one of the most powerful things you can do. The kindness of a stranger, even just an anonymous name on the internet, can literally save lives.
The article avoids pointing out the obvious, but the map makes it clear this rise is predominantly among white Americans.
The article avoids pointing out the obvious, but the map makes it clear this rise is predominantly among white Americans.
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First, one would establish that there is actually a correlation. If so, then is there a causation? (eg, does being in a red state make one suicidal, or does being suicidal affect one's political views) That seems a bit of a stretch. But if a causation CAN be established, then is there anything that can be done to help people?
You forgot the third option: are both caused by a third independent variable. For instance, economic situation could influence both political views and mental health.
Access to firearms could be another correlation. Firearms are the leading method of suicide in the United States. The consensus opinion I've heard is that firearms are a lot easier to make an attempted suicide an actual suicide than most other methods.
All of these are hypothesis; I doubt we can come to real good conclusions without better data than these summary pages.
THIS IS NOT a politically motivated post. Compare the map in TFA with this map, which I trivially Googled: http://news.gallup.com/poll/203117/gop-maintains-edge-state-... It's not a perfect correlation, but to my untrained eye, looking at both maps, it seems to me that red (eg, Republican) states appear to correlate closely with higher suicide states. But please judge and compare the maps for yourself and form your o…
Basically unless you are toeing the line on liberal issues you are non-desired - especially online. So if you are a republican, or while, or a male, then you better not go online - and certainly stay away from cities.
https://wire.ama-assn.org/delivering-care/women-bear-greater...
Assuming "Opioid use" is the indicator of "negative emotions" of some kind, then the statistics at least indicate that we need to be focusing on white, rural women's issues primarily.
With that being said, there's clearly something wrong going on in rural America, at least if Opioid abuse and suicide rates are anything to go by. Just the stats.
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I hate to blame a complex issue like suicide on drugs. There's more to any particular case than just drug use. But with so many Opioid deaths in rural white America (especially women), I think this is a statistic that needs to be better known.
Note: It might be cultural (over-prescription by rural doctors), and not necessarily related to politics. But its certainly an issue that needs to be focused on.
If there's ever a reminder to be kind to others and to talk to people who might need help, this is it.
Just an interesting observation: People with known mental health conditions are twice as likely to poison themselves in a suicide than those without known mental health conditions.
"Hey kid: did you know that your very being is offensive and actually downright violent towards me and there is nothing you can do about it because it literally has to do with a fundamental aspect of who you are." Absolutely shocking that suicide is up.
Yeah strawmen suck
Being told that, repeatedly, by multiple people, at an impressionable age, might lead someone to commit suicide.