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Suicide is death caused by injuring oneself with the intent to die. A suicide attempt is when someone harms themselves with any intent to end their life, but they do not die as a result of their actions.1
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Eliminating the stigma surrounding suicide. On average, a staggering 132 Americans kill themselves every single day, with every demographic at risk of suicidal ideation. Correspondent Susan Spencer talks with experts about this major public health crisis and the need to eliminate the shame that can be attached to mental health struggles, which prevents those suffering from finding the help that could save their lives. Spencer also talks with a professor who undertook about 10 suicide attempts, from as young as age six, but who - after defying the stigma by writing about it - today believes he will never do so again. [If you or someone you know is in emotional distress or a suicidal crisis, you can reach the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by calling or texting 988. You can also chat with the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at: 988lifeline.org/chat/ https://www.cbsnews.com/video/eliminating-the-stigma-surrounding-suicid…
Meanwhile, the way to kill a democracy is by suicide. Do you realize the importance of what is called “information influence” which is part of Russian geopolitical strategy? “Lenin talked about useful idiots who may not realize they are serving the interests of Russia or the Soviet Union at any time. They think they’re doing something good; peace movements for example. They did not realize how they were used. They thought they were doing something good but ended up being largely part of Russia’s information geopolitics”
So important that Putin may win the war by using this strategy as a cyber weapon ahead of North America in Europe. He does not attack his enemies directly, he pushes them to a civil ideological war. The best way to kill democracy is by suicide.
Although his team of skillful trolls uses the "plus ultra" cyber technologies, the method is the same when it comes to intellectuals: “Tell them they are brilliant (they love it), push them to be“merciless toward the failings of the democracies” and they will be ready to tolerate the worst crimes as long as they are committed in the name of the proper doctrines?
It worked wonders with Jean-Paul Sartre who said in 1954 “Freedom of criticism in the USSR is total”. He was returning from Moscow where he had been invited (with Simone de Beauvoir) to give conferences on his work in Russia. He was beaming and never mentioned that some Russians tried to approach the couple during the long visit (they visited several cities). He ignored totally what French colleagues tried to tell him. (In 1954 we were well informed about the Gulags). In Whatever was discussed, he kept on slashing all those who did anthropological work and tried to nuance his abstract rigid framework of total freedom and equality. De Beauvoir makes reference to Camus' "Absurd Man".