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hoqhuuep.bsky.social • 4 days ago

True, he destroyed that brand for all but the most ardent brownshirt.

I put it down to human nature. If we had Communism, we'd just get Stalin in his dacha.

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frankiewhelan.bsky.social•4 days ago

I dunno, there's a reason the Scandinavian countries pay high taxes, have less social inequality and are also constantly coming in as the happiest countries.

hoqhuuep.bsky.social•4 days ago

As someone who lives there, my take is that a) inequality is lower, but rising, and may take more subtle forms, b) that happiness stuff feels made up. We have more single households than anywhere else in the world, and loneliness is NOT happiness.

hoqhuuep.bsky.social•4 days ago

I think Scandinavians are introverted and reluctant to express their emotions, so these surveys probably do a poor job of capturing their actual happiness level. Also, if you don't know any better, maybe you think you are happy.

hoqhuuep.bsky.social•4 days ago

But everywhere else in the world people seem more animated, more bubbly, and above all more sociable. So yeah, I don't trust the happiness claim, I think it is a marketing ploy.

hoqhuuep.bsky.social•4 days ago

We also have some of the highest levels of alcoholism in Europe, coupled with some of the shortest life expectancies.

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