About 49,500 people took their own lives last year in the U.S., the highest number ever, according to new government data posted Thursday.

  • AggressivelyPassive
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    1511 months ago

    Yep. Extreme egoism is great if you’re a winner, but horrible if you’re not. And most people are not winning.

    • LinkOpensChest.wav
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      1611 months ago

      A nation that’s not good to the people who aren’t winning is not a good nation

    • @SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      611 months ago

      I would argue it’s not even good even if you are winning.

      Even if you strike gold and get rich, what use is all of it if you’re alone?

      • AggressivelyPassive
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        611 months ago

        Well, you don’t have to be alone and you don’t have to be super rich to be a winner.

        Even a western middle class person is a winner. Not winning as much as Musk or Zuckerberg, but still winning.