>>13464527I'm going to rephrase your question because you have done such a shitty job posing it:
"Since a biological organism is analogous to civilization in the sense that cells and humans in general regulate their behaviour in accordance with the emergent system they form, would it be correct to say that suicide is the societal analogue of programmed cell death?"
The answer is no, because that is an extremely simplistic comparison.
Apoptosis is desirable to the organism most of
the time. It plays important roles in embryogenesis (e.g. organ shape, separation of fingers and toes), anti-aging (destroying senescent cells) and disease prevention; Increase apoptosis and you end up with degenerative diseases, decrease it and you get cancer.
The equivocation of suicide and apoptosis fails at both ends. Society wants as many participants as it can get (especially regarding the workforce). To most non-psychopathic people, suicide is seen as a tragic, undesirable event. Governments all over the world spend large sums of money on suicide prevention (hotlines, PSAs, research, etc.)
On the other hand, most suicide victims clearly do not kill themselves primarily because it would be better for society. If someone who clearly does not identify as a part of society (say an incarcerated Uncle Ted) were to kill himself, would you say he did it because he could not bear being a burden for society?
There are many more intricacies, but you get my point.
