Liberal environmentalist wacko group, The New Economic Foundation, has a study out being touted by the AFP in a recent story that comes to the conclusion that the Vanuatu is the happiest country on earth. Second? Get this: Colombia. Sixth, of course, is Cuba. Where does the US fall in this? Why, 150th, naturally.
(I'd link to the NEF's website, but, it seems, this great think tank has a pretty shabby website. I wonder if the AFP would write a story about the Heritage Foundation's index with the same sort of enthusiasm?)
Anyway, this index from the NEF is a liberal douchebag's fantasy-land index - it factors in "Ecological Footprint" and the nebulous "Life Satisfaction". Sounds like all they want to do is wag their finger in the face of industrialized Western nations in order to preach the happy, primitive, back-to-Gaia-mother-earth way of life that the noble savages exemplify. Somebody should tell these morons about how it was the industrialized nations that came up with the methods of controlling hunger, disease, and injury.
But what do I know? Of course, the proof is in the pudding, as we witness all those unhappy American refugees fleeing on boats to Cuba and across the border into Mexico on a daily basis.
Thursday, July 13, 2006
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Maybe I'm just in an odd mood, but I'll go out on a limb and suggest that there might be something to the "Life Satisfaction" category. If the criteria is happiness, then it's quite possible that some third world peasants (probably only if they live somewhere the environment is not too harsh (for whatever reason)) are happier than many Americans who are tethered to a job they hate due to a mortgage and credit card bills. It may be possible to be happier as a peasant even if said peasant would choose the American life so that 4 out of 5 of their kids didn't have to die before adulthood...
It's not a surprise that Colombia is on the second place. Bad propaganda about our country has created the wrong image. Check why we are so happy:
http://colombiacuriosa.blogspot.com/
Well, I certainly won't discount the happiness brought by having diverse tropical fruits available. I'd also be curious about prevalance of modern healthcare and quality of education for everyone, to name a couple factors.
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