Must be all the fascism
this post was submitted on 20 Mar 2024
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Corporations paying poverty wages while reporting record profits probably doesn't help either.
~~probably~~ definitely
~~probably definitely~~ unapologetically, immorally and deliberately
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Actually yes... fascism is a natural consequence of late-stage capitalism as it's one way to keep the exploited masses under control by focussing their anger away from the wealthy leaders.
What historical precedents would you cite as examples of your statement, "fascism is a natural consequence of late-stage capitalism"?
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Given their posting history, I’m sure OP will find a way to say it’s Biden and the Democratic party’s fault.
Looking at the states through this lens is like all the articles that blame “congress” while ignoring which people in which party of which half of congress caused the issue of the day.
There are a multitude of reasons why this metric would come to be, but according to the comments here the important part is to keep saying “America sucks right now” without identifying any realistic solutions.
Best you’ll get is a half assed hand wave of people mumbling about Karl Marx like that helps anything.
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Housing crisis, 40-year out of date poverty level, a minimum wage that hasn't been increased in 15 years and that has had a continuously decreasing purchasing power for almost 60 years. Most expensive healthcare, rampant student loan debt, record-breaking corporate profits, a self-immolating middle class, etc. etc.
Honestly, it's hard to find much to be happy about here right now.
Well at least you have 31 flavors of classic Rice A Roni.
Surely there must be countries that have more flavors of rice a Roni?
I know some countries have special flavors of KitKat compared to our lame selection
Don't forget credit card debt!
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If you based it on the richest 10% of each country ... the US would probably end up in the top 3
However, if you based it on the bottom 90% ... the US probably wouldn't make it to the top 100
Oh that would be an interesting way to do the report.
"happiness index of mid quartile"
Median income happiness index
How was it ever so high?
Because despite the propaganda, it's actually, relatively speaking, a good place to live.
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What is there to be happy about?
That the US is still on the list at all
Headline news -> US is on the 2024 World Happiness Report
Cats.
I'm very allergic. But I'll go with dogs.
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TIL the US was ever in the 20 happiest countries list.
"The World Happiness Report and the Gallup/Meta social connectedness data show peak loneliness for younger Americans. It's widely recognized that social support and feelings of loneliness are influential factors in determining overall happiness, and these dynamics differ across various age groups," she said. "The quality of interpersonal relationships may impact the wellbeing of younger and older individuals in distinct ways."
I'm just gonna... leave this here...
You're absolutely correct.
That, combined with the collective PTSD we all have from COVID and the knowledge that the next pandemic could happen anytime is anxiety inducing.
I think it might have something to do with some young people not feeling connected to their communities. In my case, I grew up in a conservative Christian community but as I got older, I didn't want to be conservative or Christian. I left the only community I had and I haven't yet found another community to replace it. I don't think this is an entirely new phenomenon, but whereas in the past young people would move from conservative rural areas to more liberal urban areas, many urban areas today are prohibitively expensive, so that's not an option, at least not for as many young people. Many people are therefore without a community, left to feel lonely and alienated.
We have an election front runner who called this country a shithole and half of the people say they love him because he tells it like it is. So there you have it.
Wouldn’t this be the first time the 2024 world happiness report was published?
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I corelate that with having to pay for multiple streaming service.
I'm more surprised this is the first time...
For the first time they actually asked real people or had a better sample.
Israel is #5
I'd be happier if I could slaughter my neighbors too.
Just wanna point out to the thread in general that this isn't just surveying a bunch of people asking "on a scale of 1-10 how happy are you?"
The World Happiness Report uses six factors as predictors of life evaluation: GDP per capita, social support, healthy life expectancy, freedom to make life choices, generosity, and corruption.
Edit: the video linked actually doesn't make much mention of the survey mentioned in the headline.
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