Had some Art Bell fan do his family in during the 1990s where I used to live because he did not want his kids to "see the coming holocaust" from whatever end of the world BS theory Art Bell was talking about at the time.

Guy went to a nuthouse and probably will not get out for the rest of his life. Had a mental breakdown when the world did not end and all he was was some guy who nutted up and shot his family. Was probably on dope.

I heard about suicide rates being pretty high in the Jewish Ghettos during WW2. The thing was older folks sometimes offing themselves in order to save resources for younger family members who were escaping or trying to hold out longer. Occasionally someone pending capture or with suffering children did it. It is something dealt with in the religion going back to the Maccabees and then later at Masada and currently with the Sampson option.

It is not a survival plan but a game loss plan in the context of revolution or SHTF. Game loss plan is for scorched earth on all usable assets (including human assets) then surviving effective combatants engage in suicide strike tactics to prevent the enemy from ever consolidating a victory. Again, the Masada option slightly modified. It is rumored to have been practiced a few times by crusader kingdoms in the Middle East prior to being overrun by Islamic hordes. Serbs and other ethnic groups in the Balkans were also known to do that sort of thing a few times in history.

I don't think it is really the American thing to do.