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Old 02-18-2008, 04:43 PM   #31
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Do I really care if Brunei/Bhutan/St. Kitts and Nevis have greater happiness than the US? Would a lifelong US citizen really find any added measure of happiness in those countries, let alone Denmark?

I've lived overseas for 20 years, so you can't accuse me of blind provincialism, I have ample real life experiences to compare against my time in the United States.

Is a happiness score of 273 in Denmark that much higher as to alarm me about the US only scoring a 247; only 10% lower than the Danes? Nonsense.
So, despite your experiences of having lived overseas in your arrogance you suggest that understanding happiness must and can ONLY be done by seeing it through an Amercian eyes? lol It's not nonsense -it's real!

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Maybe the relative lack of happiness in the US is simply due to the unrealistic expectations its citizens have of how their lives should turn out due to living in the ultimate "land of opportunity" whereas Danes are "just happy to be here".
That's kind of the point of the study -at least what 60 minutes had to say about it. And actually isn't it true that "men are that they might have joy". Obviously a greater portion of the first world finds joy living a lifestyle that is NOT American.
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Old 02-18-2008, 04:46 PM   #32
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I thought America was the greatest nation on Earth ... why can't the US find a way to do it?
because we are 40 times the size of denmark. We also have a lot of different races and cultures. the thing canadians fail to realize is that your country is smaller in population than california
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Old 02-18-2008, 04:47 PM   #33
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So, despite your experiences of having lived overseas in your arrogance you suggest that understanding happiness must and can ONLY be done by seeing it through an Amercian eyes? lol It's not nonsense -it's real!
What? I didn't say that at all. Come back when you're sober.

I simply said I have substantial experience living outside the US, so my experiences and viewpoints aren't limited by a lack of understanding from only living in the US.

What I said was nonsense was the notion that the US being 10% less happy than the happiest nation on earth was worth worrying about; given the huge assumption that ranking is accurate to begin with.
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The Danes healthcare isnt free... they pay taxes for it. The big thing with Denmark and Sweden is that their population is by a far majority white. Hence, healthcare is a lot easier to administer because white people on average are healthier than any other race. Its like Utah if you adjust for population size Utah has the most profitable health care systems in the country. The biggest reason being is there are a lot of caucasians there.
Be careful, I don't think you meant to say that white people are stronger than other races but rather hope to imply that white people predominantly live in afluent societies that permit them to live a healthier lifestyle due to a greater availability of FOOD, shelter and quality health care.
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What? I didn't say that at all. Come back when you're sober.

I simply said I have substantial experience living outside the US, so my experiences and viewpoints aren't limited by a lack of understanding from only living in the US.

What I said was nonsense was the notion that the US is 10% less happy than the happiest nation on earth; making the huge assumption that ranking is accurate to begin with.
I read your comments exactly HOW they should be read. The fact is you do NOT currently live outside of the US. And that you have not lived outside the US as an adult with adult worries and concerns. My point was to suggest that you cannot frame this discussion in American terms.

If the study is SOOOO inaccurate, go get the data and debunk it. Until then you have ZERO credibility.
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Be careful, I don't think you meant to say that white people are stronger than other races but rather hope to imply that white people predominantly live in afluent societies that permit them to live a healthier lifestyle due to a greater availability of FOOD, shelter and quality health care.
I didn't say they were stronger. I said that on average white people are healthier then any other race. there are obviously various reasons for that
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because we are 40 times the size of denmark. We also have a lot of different races and cultures. the thing canadians fail to realize is that your country is smaller in population than california
That's an excuse ... again I ask; if the US is the greatest country in the world why can it not solve an issue such as MILLIONS without health insurance?
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I didn't say they were stronger. I said that on average white people are healthier then any other race. there are obviously various reasons for that
Just making sure the community here understands you are not racist.
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That's an excuse ... again I ask; if the US is the greatest country in the wold why can it not solve an issue such as MILLIONS without health insurance?
because we have a lot more people here then canada! Hence our issue is a lot tougher to solve
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That's an excuse ... again I ask; if the US is the greatest country in the world why can it not solve an issue such as MILLIONS without health insurance?
Because, at some level, Americans view the uninsured as lazy and undeserving of healthcare.

I'm not agreeing with this, I'm just stating that it is the underlying (unspoken) rationale.
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