[Someguywhatever]

>My own preferred hypothesis is that this is the result of despair

I agree with you, I would also throw in nihilism and purposelessness, the general lack of vision for the future from government and elites.

[prolikewh0a]

It's an easy out to the reality a lot of people with no economic success or vision for their future because of economic circumstances. The country is really not great for a whole lot of people. 50% of the entire population is poor or low income [1].

[1] https://kairoscenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Poverty-...