I don't think that the elites, the same ones who worship their own egos as gods, probably more than the devil they sacrifice children to, would ever commit suicide. It takes some severe devaluing of the self in order to override the survival instinct and kill yourself, something they never, ever gone through.
Given that, could it be that the suicide Q talked about wasn't literal, but more like political and professional, due to the declass, or maybe one colossal FF that backfires in an equally colossal manner ?
Original OP You underestimate fear of the unknown as a motivation to kill oneself.