Suicides in Rural America Increased More Than 40% in 16 Years

Re:Suicides in Rural America Increased More Than 40% in 16 Y... by iandanforth on Sunday March 19, 2017 @10:29AM (#13907257)

I agree with this sentiment but this kind of rhetoric sucks. There are at least two groups to worry about. 1. The young who can be goaded and inspired to take on heroic risk and face the unknown and 2. The mature, established population which will fight tooth and nail to keep what they have built.

Trump won some of both but the vast majority came from camp 2. You can't call someone who has worked 30 years in a coal mine weak. It won't work and isn't true.

What some people are facing is the crushing realization that their life's work is gone and is actually derided by a large segment of the population. It's a blow to pride and pocketbook. Additional scorn is not going to change their minds.

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Re:Suicides in Rural America Increased More Than 40% in 16 Y... by LoonyBalloony on Sunday March 19, 2017 @11:15AM (#13907553)

Like the Truman Show said... everything's been explored (that we can reach anyways). The "mature" population are well established even on the internet. Where will the young go now?

To soon for the stars, to late for the planet and the internet.

"What some people are facing is the crushing realization that their life's work is gone"

They're clinging to the old model of life. Perhaps in our lifetimes we can do away with wage slavery? Maybe we already could have if we hadn't been so easily divided by 1% propaganda.

Well at least they had a life's work at some point, unlike some of my peers.

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