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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.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (3 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year 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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Don't catch you slippin' now