The happiest people are liberals and social democrats

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  1. Interaktive

    Interaktive Well-Known Member

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    The happiest people are liberals and social democrats
    these are the Dutch and the Danes
    not christians
    I like to think about Constitutionalism, Rowling, King
    do you agree
     
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    You could have fooled me because US liberals anyways always seem to be angry and bitter about something.
     
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    I'm no longer a political animal but when I was, I described myself as Social Democratic and Progressive and an Idealist. I stand by almost everything I said and stood for (almost because not being open to possibly being wrong is unhealthy).

    Since I lost my election really badly in 2019, I became cynical and nihilistic about politics. I hate humanity in general.

    People I admired like Nelson Mandela only undo all the horrible things their predecessors did.
     
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    monkeys have the right to be angry and still be happy
     
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    Well I'm not sure why you would compare them to monkeys.... But I do know that people that are perpetually pissed off about something or other tend to be unhappy.

    Anger and happiness are like oil and water, they don't exist in the same time and place. And to the extent that they do they certainly do not mix
     
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    I'm not sure how you think that you're unfounded comment there is somehow a reply to his comment is actually attached to a study that contradicts your assertation.

    Would you mind quoting one of these psychiatrists?
     
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    people have absolutely wild ideas about psychiatry
     
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    Some people tend to demonstrate they manage to do just fine in the 'stupid' department with or without 'god'.
     
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    So is this simply going to turn into another anti Christian bigotry thread from the left?
     
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    I'm for common sense
    for development
    for progress
    Christians and Marxists do not understand this
     
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    So the best way that you can do that or that you feel that you can display your desire to do that.... Is to make bigoted comments towards people with beliefs different than yours?

    I'm sure that will be very helpful.
     
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    let's start with the fact that your first comment is an oxymoron, by no means is "good sense" common and any other sort is just thinly veiled dogma. as for "development". just what sort of development are you talking about? the development of the atomic bomb? the developments that tear down massive tracts of pristine forest and meadowland to erect centers of overpopulation and urban blight? finally we get to that common buzz-word that the ignorant constantly utilize to hide their lack of foresight, "progress". progress is simply forward movement and forward is just a direction. whether such motion is good or bad is determined by what is in front of you. if enlightenment and understanding is in that direction, then great. if it is merely another cliff edge leading to wreck and ruin, then i suggest you take a few steps back.

    a good first step toward being taken seriously is to quit talking in bumper-stickers.
     
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    Nope, you've got that wrong. Religious people are happier. You need to recalibrate your world view.
     
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    I looked at the top 10 happiest countries
    these are Denmark and the Netherlands
    Social Democrats and liberals are in power there
    there are different polls
     
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    which god is the happiest?
    Christ, Allah, Krishna?
     
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    I thought Finns were the happiest, but I suppose they are not much different from Danes and the Dutchies

    Finland is the No. 1 happiest country in the world for the sixth year in a row
    https://www.cnbc.com/2023/03/21/top-10-happiest-countries-in-the-world-2023.html

    The World Happiness Report released its annual ranking of the happiest countries in the world and for the sixth year in a row Finland has landed in the top spot.

    The UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network, the organization behind the report, uses six key factors to help rank the more than 150 countries based on their average life evaluations between 2020-2022:
    1. Social support
    2. Income
    3. Health
    4. Freedom
    5. Generosity
    6. Absence of corruption
    I don't know about that. Same could be said about people like you who always find something to complain about. Even this thread triggered you for some reason.
     
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    scholz ignores religion
     
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    You realize just because you make something up and say it about me doesn't make it true right?
     
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    Your comment was textbook example of psychological projection.
     
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    And your comment as usual is the absolute epitome of an overwhelming amount of sheer irony.

    You're the one that routinely just makes up crap and labels it on others.

    But at least this time you didn't erase 90% of my post to do it
     
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    lthough the Pew Study was published last year, Zach Goldberg, a doctoral candidate, consolidated the data on Twitter, which sparked a column by news magazine Evie trying to dissect why this actually is.

    Mr. Goldberg speculated the disparity may be because White liberals were more likely to seek mental health evaluations than other ideologies. This could be a simple, and true, answer.

    So the article doesn't actually say that. Mental health evaluations do not mean one is mentally ill.

    Evaluation is making a judgement or assessment of something. Having assessed one's mental health it may turn out one is mentally more stable than another.
     
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    Sixty-two percent of Whites who classify themselves as “very liberal” or “liberal” have been told by a doctor they have a mental health condition"
     
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    I guess believing that The State is your savior will create a false sense of security for a moment or two...until you realize that it's all an illusion and that The State is actually out to destroy your autonomy and clean out your bank account.
     
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