Yeah, religion, evolutionary biology, economic and geopolitical rivalries/management etc, the intricacies of which surpass me. But from where I'm standing it looks like there is a pretty big momentum to move into a new culture of acceptance for suicide, starting with medically approved euthanasia. It's just a matter of time before it's normalized. In a world with no religion left there is no reason to keep holding onto life as something innately valuable and the regions used as experimental leaders for global "progress" are already rolling out basic guaranteed income (ie no need to keep someone economically productive anymore) and legalized marijuana at the same time as medically approved suicide. It'll still take some time but maybe one day people who can't get anything out of life will be able to just disconnect from "this" through some simple means and others will be fine with it, maybe even able to admit they're glad to see society relieved of a burden. Maybe one day there will even be celebrated mass suicide events in giant stadiums. But for now too many people still need to fill in the gaps of their minds with religion and too many people at the top of the food chain need to use and manage them, so the "progress" is still slow going. I believe a neuroscientist in France recently suggested euthanizing malcontents during the period of the yellow vest riots and he's just saying what others in his crowd are thinking. If he wasn't a sac-of-shit he'd be an outspoken pro-choice suicide advocate. Oh well. Baby steps.