> because unhappy people are more likely to want change. Things are constantly changing wrt. societal+economic measures - Gini, GDP, longevity (excl. short ter

> because unhappy people are more likely to want change. Things are constantly changing wrt. societal+economic measures - Gini, GDP, longevity (excl. short term perturbations). If anything conservatives might be unhappy that things are changing at all, and left-wing supporters that they're not changing fast enough.