[theAlphaDuck]

im not calling ingrained culural foundations "Brainwashing"

but suicide in the face of battle IS brain washing...

having a DEEP knowledge of Hypnosis...you learn about brainwashing

it happens in MOST if not ALL armed forces....
especially when it comes to suicidal attacks...
the Kamikazi pilots of WW2 were brainWashed....

just as the suicide bombers of today are brainwashed....
that is a simple fact....
Brainwashing is EXTREMELY sophisticated...
it requires time and effort...
and is VERY dangerous...not to be underestimated at any rate...

everyone can be brainwashed...
inteligence or background do not protect you from this...

I could explain the moethods behind brainwashing...but i think thats getting off topic...

also i have seen this list before...its the wiki list... i noticed that you stopped right at the point where Japan comes in the list....

also lithuania, S korea, hungary, latvia...esp S koreo and Japan which comes next in the list...are nice places to live...Russia is messed up..and south africa has good and bad parts...the rest i have no accurate PERSONAL experience about so cannot comment.

but it is CLEAR that POVERTY and suicide are not directly linked...nor are hardship and suicide directly linked...and that was the point i was making...somthing your evidence supports.