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<blockquote data-quote="whatday" data-source="post: 1122580" data-attributes="member: 5682">It's not poverty that makes them happier than Americans.Average folks in some of these countries have stronger social bonds, on average, across all social classes, rich folks as well as poor folks.We're social animals.&nbsp; Your average American's way of life is not healthy.&nbsp; Many Americans don't even know their neighbors and spend hours every day online getting triggered or watching movies/tv instead of socializing...it's not healthy long term, and results in strain on the human animal.Eventually you get the high divorce rates, the high use of antidepressants and recreational drugs, the workaholism, the over-eating, etc., all ways to lash out at, or cope with, a very mentally and physically unhealthy environment, on average.It's like a parrot that tears its feathers out from various forms of stress.&nbsp; You see a lot less of these things in some countries.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="whatday, post: 1122580, member: 5682"] It's not poverty that makes them happier than Americans. Average folks in some of these countries have stronger social bonds, on average, across all social classes, rich folks as well as poor folks. We're social animals. Your average American's way of life is not healthy. Many Americans don't even know their neighbors and spend hours every day online getting triggered or watching movies/tv instead of socializing...it's not healthy long term, and results in strain on the human animal. Eventually you get the high divorce rates, the high use of antidepressants and recreational drugs, the workaholism, the over-eating, etc., all ways to lash out at, or cope with, a very mentally and physically unhealthy environment, on average. It's like a parrot that tears its feathers out from various forms of stress. You see a lot less of these things in some countries. [/QUOTE]

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