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>It boils down to "everyone might be miserable, but someone else is getting rich so it's good." Aren't Scandinavian people statistically the happiest? That's
by stackghost 2y ago
>It boils down to "everyone might be miserable, but someone else is getting rich so it's good."
Aren't Scandinavian people statistically the happiest? That's not anglo culture.
- namaria 2y agoIsn't the suicide rate highest in Scandinavian countries and lowest in South Europe?
- Viliam1234 2y agoThe more sad people kill themselves, the happier is the average survivor?
- namaria 2y agoIn a static population sure. Over decades?
- sss111 2y agoBritanica did a video on this: https://youtu.be/ldvQOnvc2Io?si=9R1IHMfS0i7RhB8s https://youtu.be/ldvQOnvc2Io?si=9R1IHMfS0i7RhB8s Different cultures also define happiness differently. For the scandanvians, happiness stems from contentment and balance, American society tends to link it to consumerism and material success.
- grumpy-de-sre 2y agoAdmittedly Anglo culture took a lot of influence from the scandinavians (due to Viking conquest etc). I think some of the cultural tenants we are talking about probably did come originally from Scandinavia.