What's shocking is that it doesn't happen more often.
When a heartless system refuses to listen or help, when it crushes and grinds down millions of people day after day, year after year, everywhere, it's illogical and unreasonable to assume that all its victims will pick themselves up, dust themselves off and reinvent themselves.
Job retraining! Start a business! Win the Lotto! Some people will crack. Others will explode. It's inevitable.