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    Fewer Wingnuts means the socialist countries are better educated and happier. "The way to be happy is to make someone else happy." __Robert G. Ingersoll "Religion is great shit to keep the poor people occupied." __Napoleon "Praying is like a rocking chair, it will... more

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  • Rated by JIR on Sep 24, 12:55pm

    From the page: So America is #1, right? Hmmm. You know those horrible 'socialist' European countries that the wingnuts are always screeching about? They're hell, right? Depressing, soulless gulags of government-controlled misery, lacking all the glorious freedoms that make us the best country on Earth? Oddly enough, Forbes magazine (whose motto is 'The Capitalist Tool') reports that: ...happiness levels are highest in northern European countries. ------------------------ The Top 10 list of Happiest Countries is as follows: 1. Denmark 2. Finland 3. Netherlands 4. Sweden 5. Ireland 6. Canada 7. Switzerland 8. New Zealand 9. Norway 10. Belgium Well, I'll be damned...

  • Reviewed by commerican on Jun 17, 9:02am

    For once bpin didn't get it totally wrong, in that he still mistakes socialism for gulags and collectivised farms, but is correct in denying the title for the countries listed. In these happy European countries, workers and consumers have more of a say in the economy, but not enough in each firm to call it socialism. Corporate-state collusion still exists in these places as it does elsewhere, and current and previous exploitation still has not washed away completely. And really, if unemployment insurance and nationalized healthcare truly equated with socialism, then it has been around since before the word and the modern concept were even invented.

  • Rated by AdPerfectego on May 24, 12:57pm

    I'm just happy that people in this country are finally ready for some open debate. Bring on the happy times! I wouldn't be surprised if we find a way to break into the top 20 in the next 8 yrs. I'm sick of being lumped in with 3rd world countries, and so should everyone else around me!

  • Rated by alice44 on May 21, 11:55pm

    From the page: "This ranking was based on a Gallup World Poll that asked questions like: Did you enjoy something you did yesterday? Were you proud of something you did yesterday? Did you learn something yesterday? Were you treated with respect yesterday? Try asking yourself those questions. And think about how people in a truly happy country answered them."

  • Rated by yobaba on May 21, 10:09pm

    So - "Let's hear more from the Republicans about how we can never be more like Europe, because they're all socialists and that's bad, bad, evil and bad. No one in America would want social policies that actual contribute to people feeling more content with their lives, right?" Good 'un.

  • Rated by Blissfulpain on May 21, 11:46am

    Sweet Canada ranked 6th on world's happiest people.

  • Rated by clytie on May 20, 10:40pm

    It's blatantly obvious, anyway. It's the combination of Socialism and fewer bugs.