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The higher suicide rate in Germany relates to other social conditions, not the situation being discussed here, which relates to the effects and abuses inherent to the college loan situation in the US.
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Okay, so in this thread we can go on from the hypothesis that completely revaming the student loan system in the United States would have prevented that unfortunate man's suicide. That hypothesis is not well backed up by international comparisons. Perhaps if we had a different system for funding college study here, along the lines suggested in some replies above, both he and three other men in his town would have committed suicide, not to mention more women. It's always important to check real-world examples when advocating changes in national policy.