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South Korea has had the highest suicide rate in the industrialized world for eight consecutive years. Their culture doesn't glorify/promote individualism, but c
by ForRealsies 8y ago
South Korea has had the highest suicide rate in the industrialized world for eight consecutive years. Their culture doesn't glorify/promote individualism, but conformity.
I would argue that "chasing money and success" is a trademark characteristic of what young people AREN'T doing, yet this study states they are the Loneliness age group.
- CodeMage 8y agoIt's almost as if you could arrive to similar results in different ways, not only one... Seriously, though, your comment seems to assume South Korean suicide rate is motivated by loneliness. If that's the case, you might want to give the rest of us an argument to support that assumption.
- Footkerchief 8y agoHow do you look at South Korea and conclude that people there aren't chasing money and success? "In 2014 alone, some 840,000 companies sprang up, in a country with a population of 50 million. This high number of enterprises relative to GDP suggests that opening a business is a poplar economic activity for many South Koreans." https://thediplomat.com/2016/01/what-entrepreneurship-means-to-south-koreans/ https://thediplomat.com/2016/01/what-entrepreneurship-means-...
- coldtea 8y ago>South Korea has had the highest suicide rate in the industrialized world for eight consecutive years. Their culture doesn't glorify/promote individualism, but conformity. Did they used to have those suicide rates since forever? Because in the past they were even more conformist (or you think e.g. 50s or feudal Korea was more individualistic?). And of course they chase after work and money like crazy there...