I saw a LinkedIn thread just the other day that called it the "suicide prevention industrial complex," and that phrase will stick in my head like "orphan crushing machine" or "leopards eating faces"

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sailfast 2 days ago | parent [-]

What on earth is the "industrial complex" part about this? Outside of pharma pushing pills I'm not sure what other profit-seeking, recursive elements exist in the "suicide prevention industry".

Legitimately curious about this - not sure how these words would apply.

	▲	clickety_clack 2 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		I would much rather the suicide-prevention people become rich than the infinite-scroll advertising guys.
	▲	hirvi74 a day ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Not entirely sure what the GP meant either, but maybe it's like sports betting? Where some companies are heavily advertising and trying to get people to become "responsible gamblers" (addicted), meanwhile, some of those same companies are investing in mental health treatment facilities on the side. Thus, those gambling companies can make money off gambling addicts and when gambling addicts try to quit. As the saying goes, the house always wins. https://www.barrons.com/articles/sports-betting-problem-gamb...