There's a big difference between judging someone unworthy of life and acting to kill them, and judging that someone is not worth the energy and struggle to fight against their own drive to throw themselves off a cliff.
We're not collectively strong enough to save everyone. Getting strong enough is a goal to aspire to, but the dark reality is that in our state of weakness, we need to prioritize what we struggle to hold onto.
Not acting and letting them destroy themselves can be worse in many ways to them and others around them rather than "acting to kill them".
This is a hard truth, I am not advocated mercy killings but doing nothing to help them can be worse in many than doing something for all involved, which is why most advocate for doing something to help even is it seem futile, sometimes its as much for everyone else than the person receiving help.
Ultimately there's a never ending ethical conversation of when or if one ever has a duty to act to help others. I'm inclined to be believe there's a lot of cases where you ethically do have a duty to act, but we're not going to resolve the debate of where that line is here.
But there does exist a practical limitations to what you can do to save someone. A key rule of any kind of emergency response is to always prioritize your own safety first, because if you don't you risk creating an additional victim and making the situation worse for everyone. That can be an incredibly hard thing to accept when you see someone suffering and dying, but it's the truth.
If you jump in the water to save a drowning person, there's a high chance in their panic, they drag you down and you both drown.
I always remember this phrase, from Harry Potter, when thinking about death:
"You are the true master of death, because the true master does not seek to run away from Death. He accepts that he must die, and understands that there are far, far worse things in the living world than dying.”
A little bit pessimistic, but lifelong suffering might be worser than dying outright.
I think societies had a simple curve for this. They help, help a bit more.. but after some time they drop the ball. Most average people have no clue anyway so they are powerless about the whole thing. People who know more may be able to go further in their efforts, but even then you're never sure you can carry someone like that for long. Even though .. I dearly think that most suicidal people only need a root deep emotional connection. Way too often people respond to shared pain, real empathy, understanding, trust ..
There's a big difference between judging someone unworthy of life and acting to kill them, and judging that someone is not worth the energy and struggle to fight against their own drive to throw themselves off a cliff.
We're not collectively strong enough to save everyone. Getting strong enough is a goal to aspire to, but the dark reality is that in our state of weakness, we need to prioritize what we struggle to hold onto.