Suicide rates in the US are highest among elderly men, and most involve guns, CDC report says | CNN
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The suicide rate in the United States spiked in 2021, reversing two years of decline, and rates among older men were especially high, a new report says.

Senior men have higher rates of suicide than average, and firearms were involved in more than three-quarters of those deaths in 2021, according to a CDC report

  • AllonzeeLV@lemmy.world
    151·
    2 years ago

    So?

    We value capital here, not human life.

    As an American, shouldn’t our glorious free capitalist market celebrate these depleted capital batteries taking themselves out of the equation and lowering the tax burden on our beloved job creators requiring social supports once they can no longer make them money as fast food employees or store greeters?

    What kind of Americans would put value on human life that can’t generate private shareholder capital? Smh, ya’ll need to find supply side Jesus.

    • Star@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      4·
      2 years ago

      Is this for or against free choice for medical suicide?

      The level of sarcasm is too high too understand for me >.>

    • IronKrill@lemmy.ca
      2·
      2 years ago

      No no no, we must keep them alive on life support for as long as their bank balance remains. Them after that we shall keep going until their entire family line is in debt to us. Brilliant!

    • tillary@sh.itjust.works
      01·
      2 years ago

      Well see, capitalism isn’t about productivity. It’s about maximizing capital. More consumers means more spending, and more money moving to people maximizing capital. So… Capitalism hates the death of consumers and loves procreation even more.