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There is no statistical support of these ideas, though. Suicide rates in countries with Socialist economies are higher than in the U.S. [1] [1] https://en.wik

There is no statistical support of these ideas, though. Suicide rates in countries with Socialist economies are higher than in the U.S. [1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_suicide_rate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_suicide_r...

ixwt 7y ago
This is disingenuous. It doesn't classify by Socialist, but by country. Russia is #3 on global suicides, and when I think of socialist healthcare, my first thought isn't Russia. Many of the countries I think of as socialist healthcare (UK, Denmark, Canada, to name a few), they all come up below the US in suicides.
- Kiro 7y ago
  The minimum wage in Denmark is 0.
  - kick 7y ago
    Non-sequitur. Denmark has incredibly high tax rates and a welfare state that runs laps around any North American country.
    - SSSDFRO 7y ago
      Partially because their min wage is 0
- int_19h 7y ago
  Russia does have free public healthcare. It's not a stellar system, but it works.
DanBC 7y ago
I feel like everyone posting the link to that article needs to also post this quote from it in their comment. > The WHO statistics are based on the official reports from each respective country, therefore are no more accurate than the record-keeping in the specific country, and revisions (updates) are usually performed as well. > In much of the world, suicide is stigmatized and condemned for religious or cultural reasons. In some countries, suicidal behaviour is a criminal offence punishable by law. Suicide is therefore often a secretive act surrounded by taboo, and may be unrecognized, misclassified or deliberately hidden in official records of death.[3] It is very hard to compare rates of suicide across countries.