Buddhism arose in India and yet every 30 minutes a farmer in India commits suicide; does Buddha have something against farmers?

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Farming in India is very hard work,. The crops are dependent on the arrival of the monsoons. When the monsoons don’t come, drought occurs. The stree of farming in India is what leads to the suicides.

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