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Originally Posted by Dr. Drib
And during the Wall Street Crash of 1929, a number of people committed suicides in various creative ways, but was their prevalent at that time, in what I term, a Culture of Mass Murder?
It seems to me that something fundamental has changed in our society, and that a recession contributes to depression, suicieds, murder, etc. - but is it a main factor in what we see today as mass murders?
Don
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The suicide rate remains remarkably steady regardless of economic situation. The myth of people diving off buildings on Wall Street came more from the dark humor of the times. Suicides amongst Wall Street mavens gets highly publicized during bad times and generally ignored as much as any suicide is during good. If economic disaster led to suicides, there would be a huge number in the Madoff scandal that were showing up. Bernie himself would be a prime candidate. It just doesn't happen.