Comment by makeitdouble
9 days ago
"suicide" in these circumstances is usually something else altogether.
Even in cases it is executed by themselves, shame won't be the primary motivation.
9 days ago
"suicide" in these circumstances is usually something else altogether.
Even in cases it is executed by themselves, shame won't be the primary motivation.
You may want to familiarize yourself more with the culture around this in places like South Korea and Japan.
It can be posed as shame on the front side.
More often than not the suicide covers a whole organization's dirty laundry. You'll have people drunk and driving their cars over cliffs [0], low profile actors ending their life as shit hits the fan [0] etc.
Then some on the lower rank might still end their life to spare their family financially (insurance money) or because they're just so done with it all, which I'd put more on depression than anything.
Us putting it on shame is IMHO looking at it through rose colored glasses and masking the dirtier reality to make it romantic.
[0] https://bunshun.jp/articles/-/76130
[1] https://www.tsukubabank.co.jp/cms/article/a9362e73a19dc0efcf...
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In Korea, shame often serves as the primary motivator behind high-profile suicides. It's rooted in the cultural concept of "chemyeon (체면)", which imposes immense pressure to maintain a dignified public image.
Do you have any example of these high profile suicides that can't be better explained as "taking one for the team" for lack of a better idiom.
Shame is a powerful social force throughout the society, but we're talking about systematic screwings more often than not backed by political corruption (letting incompetent entities deal with gov contract on basis of political money and other favors) or straight fraud.
It usually isn't but people do usually imply otherwise.