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From: Zen Cycle <funkmaster@hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Future of online fora
Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2025 10:21:37 -0400
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On 4/8/2025 10:05 AM, Jeff Liebermann wrote:
> On Tue, 8 Apr 2025 05:19:27 -0400, zen cycle
> <funkmasterxx@hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> On 4/7/2025 8:09 PM, AMuzi wrote:
>>> On 4/7/2025 5:52 PM, floriduh dumbass wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> People who don't like 'things as they are' include communist
>>>>> idealists, Libertarians and jihadis.  Over to you.
>>>>
>>>> But where are the people who are happy with "convention?"
>>>>
>>>> -- 
>>>> C'est bon
>>>> Soloman
>>>
>>>
>>> If there were none, it would not be conventional!
>>
>> https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/happiest-countries-in-the-world
> 
> I seems that the level of happiness was partly determined by polling a
> random sample of the residents of the various countries.
> 
> "To determine the world’s happiest country, researchers analyzed
> comprehensive Gallup polling data from 143 countries for the past
> three years, specifically monitoring performance in six particular
> categories: gross domestic product per capita, social support, healthy
> life expectancy, freedom to make your own life choices, generosity of
> the general population, and perceptions of internal and external
> corruption levels."
> 
>  From that perspective, I would think that the Democratic People's
> Republic of (North) Korea would be the happiest country.  Just ask any
> DPRK resident and they would likely claim they are extremely happy
> with conditions in their country.  Of course, if they answered
> anything else, they would immediately be invited to visit the nearest
> re-education center for an attitude re-adjustment.

The citizens of the nordic countries that routinely top the list aren't 
likely to get thrown in prison for criticizing their society.

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