Besides the rising suicide rates, Americans are dying from DESPAIR

May 26, 2020 GlenAnderson COVID-19, Economics, Labor, Capitalism, Trade, Poverty (Also see Taxes), Guns, Health Care Reform, Human Rights, Our Current Political Crisis (in addition to Trump and Trumpism) 0

I have been reading articles lately saying that — even before the Coronavirus pandemic caused even more stress — suicide rates in the U.S. have been increasing.  Working class people and small farmers are under extreme financial stresses.  Many other systemic problems have been worsening.

Now with the Coronavirus pandemic, suicides are increasing even more.

But EVEN BEFORE that, I was also reading articles saying people are dying from DESPAIR.

This article linked below came from January 2020.  The article includes this paragraph:

U.S. life expectancy dropped three years in a row, America’s suicide rate is at a record high, millions struggle with opioid addictions, and workers with multiple part-time jobs battle hopelessness. None of this occurred by chance. Diseases of despair soared as corporations sold out the American worker for higher profits.

Here is the article:
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/1/15/1911752/-Dying-of-Despair?detail=emaildkre

 

We need to UNDERSTAND THE CAUSES of escalating despair.

We need to fix MANY, MANY aspects of our society.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Since the late 1960s Glen Anderson has devoted his life to working as a volunteer for peace, nonviolence, social justice, and progressive political issues. He has worked through many existing organizations and started several. Over the years he has worked especially for such wide-ranging goals as making peace with Vietnam, eliminating nuclear weapons, converting from a military economy to a peacetime economy, abolishing the death penalty, promoting nonviolence at all levels throughout society, and helping people organize and strategize for grassroots movements to solve many kinds of problems. He writes, speaks, and conducts training workshops on a wide variety of topics. Since 1987 he has produced and hosted a one-hour cable TV interview program on many kinds of issues. Since 2017 he has blogged at https://parallaxperspectives.org He lives in Lacey near Olympia WA. You can reach him at (360) 491-9093 glen@parallaxperspectives.org