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- It's a good time to be alive in America. The wealthiest nation on earth, though, is full of unhappy people, Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker points out on GZERO World with Ian Bremmer.
He explains that the US is an outlier among affluent Western democracies. It’s rich. It’s more or less democratic. Yet it has a lower life expectancy than its counterparts. It has poor scores on math tests, more obesity, more drug addiction, and more violence.
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So nothing of value was said in this entire clip. Great.
It is a clip... it is meant as a preview to the full video in description
@@Chelzebelles not doing a good job getting me to watch
@@denimchicken104 you sound American
So you’re not happy about it. You just proved his point.
@@Saboricua killer boots, man!
Our entire government at the federal level and also somewhat at the state level is entirely 100% captured by corporations and the billionaire donor class. Every politician and every regulatory body. We have a 0% effect on federal legislation meaning it doesn’t matter if 100% of the population or 0% wants something created or passed it will not change the outcome. The most obvious result of this is the prioritization of shareholder returns over everything including human lives. It doesn’t help the bottom line to facilitate the betterment of workers lives in the American system so it is never prioritized and even fought against regularly. At this point our elections, News, and entertainment is just theater meant to distract and divide us in the hopes that enough of us will never be able to unite to change the status quo.
Doom speaking heathen, stop this filth
Beautifully stated.
That's it. It is not a mystery. We have an oligarchy masquerading as a free democratic society. Why do we "punch below our wealth?" Because that wealth is concentrated so much among so few and those few rule the country. A United States with greater well-being would not have such inequality. Having more inequality is what the oligarchs want because that is what accelerates the accumulation of wealth and power right into their hands. If they could give up their addiction to such things, we would all be better and healthier and happier, but greed might be the most difficult habit to overcome.
Correct
USA does not hold in high regard the things that make people happy. In fact, as a culture, we are focused on the opposite - the shallow and the empty, greed, envy, image, gluttony, material items. We are trapped by our egos. Love, kindness, true friendship, nature, peace, acceptance, forgiveness and surrender are sacrificed for the illusion of happiness through monetary wealth and privilege.
A better question would be, "Why do you look like you're from 1776?"
I know yea, he might be one of ours
No, that would not be a better question actually.
Deep questions always come with value, Shallow questions always come with floating shit.
I guess you belong to the masses.
Hi, there.
😂🙃
LMAO 🤣
I love Pinker but I do not feel the same way about his wig 😡
Canada USED to be better...not any more. I live in both places... born in CAN.
Same. Canadian here now living in the USA. Canada is absolutely not a happier place today than the States. Canadians often tell themselves stories about their country that are simply not so.
Oh boy does it ever piss me off. “The cost of living hasn’t increased THAT much; it’s like that everywhere!” …BZZT. So much worse here. Like, historically unprecedented rise in COL
All the Canadians I see commenting on CZcams are definitely not happy!
Yeah, because it's the unhappy ones spending their time on CZcams. The others are out doing happy shit 😂
You should not take CZcams as a general guide to what people in general are thinking/doing ....most people believe in the moon landing, believe the the world is round and that aliens didn't build the pyramids
@@josephsalmonte4995💯
@@josephsalmonte4995
Like you?
Just taking a small break from doing happy shit to mention that I'm a very happy Canadian who's only disappointed that we have a moron as Prime Minister selling our great and beautiful country one commercial property at a time.
But I'm happy that I'm not a US citizen 😁🇨🇦❤
That guy must be joking about Canada.
Look at the facts and data...
@@andylane247 Which show that Canada is increasingly unhappy and poorer. Interestingly, these trends have scaled as mass immigration has risen.
@@GTJIGPC
Not really. Always scores well in surveys...
@GTJIGPC
Is it OK for white Europeans to emigrate to Canada? But not brown people? Just checking...
@@andylane247 Canadian GDP per capita has declined precipitously as immigration has scaled up, while crime has also risen. Mass immigration is not done in the interests of the host country, who might benefit from people coming with the goal of assimilating to the dominant culture and contributing economically. Rather, it is done in the interests of leftists (politically) and global capital (economically). Is it okay for Western peoples to love their own cultures and countries, and for them to demand immigrants adhere to Western religion and morality?
Privatisation is at the extreme in the USA. Thats the difference. When every policy and piece of legislation favors economic prospects rather than well being and human rights, its not a pretty picture. The USA is largely a 'fend for yourself culture'.
You can’t possibly think that is correct. Happiness does not come out of government policy.
@@CSUngerofcourse you can believe it's correct when there plenty of real world examples for that being the case? Societies with stronger welfare systems and that empathise equality and equal opportunity measure as being much happier and have higher standards of living. It absolutely does come down to government policy
@@CSUngerIf government policy can make people miserable, it can make people happy. Tyrants and Saints both live amongst us.
@@xkan395 The distinction comes down to which drives which. Does government policy drive happiness or does happiness drive government policy? Take a look at those "real world examples" of societies with stronger welfare systems and that emphasize equality and equal opportunity today. Not only is general all around "happiness" indices plummeting but the social fabrics are unraveling at the same time. Crime is going through the roof and social tensions are increasing. Everywhere. Read de Tocqueville's "Democracy in America" and see what he says about a "happy" society and what drives it.
@@CSUnger I mean correlation heavily implies that government policy does drive happiness. these weren't always the happiest places in the world, government policy creating a system that supports the general well being of the people has created that level of happiness.
All around happiness also isn't "plummeting" yes there's been a drop but these countries still remain the happiest in the world.
The reason for the decline is due to economic strife, not caused by the system but by a global pandemic and war/sanctioning of their biggest energy suppliers.
So in short, yes government policy does drive happiness. the biggest similarity the happiest countries in the world have is their governmental system which usually includes a strong welfare state and emphasis on equality and equal opportunity.
Lemme answer why.... because money doesn't buy happiness.
So why do brothels exist?
he is talking about poor Americans
But in a sense, it does though. The whole point they're making is that the pattern you see is that more affluent and free countries have a healthier and happier population. But the US is an outlier in that it doesn't show the same pattern.
You can want money more for what it frees you from than what you can buy with it.
You can want money more for what it frees you from than what you can buy with it.
Canadians happy? Have you lived there? As an immigrant who has lived both in Canada and US in multiple provinces and states, there is absolutely no question in my mind that Americans live happier and more fulfilled lives!!!
Then why do I know 14 Indians who immigrated to Canada and then later immigrated to US?
Not all doctors.
@@michaelplunkett8059 Well, that's kinda my point... and also my story. The US offers you a real shot and opportunity. But it's not just about career opportunities and financial growth. I feel a lot more accepted, included and respected in the US than I ever did in Canada. The system is far more democratic and representative. You have a lot more opportunities to realize all your potentials. And the I find Americans a lot more generous, not just with their money, but with their time, energy , words, and attention. I feel like this is my country. Something I never did in Canada.
@@houseofsuren510 I'd be in agreement with you, but more from a historical perspective, as I think the situation may be reversing.
@houseofsuren510
I guess that happier reality explains why U$a is the world leader in every kind of murder stat, like serial killing and school murders. I think you are delusional. Oh wait my mistake, it's probably the parties they have living under bridges or knowing that somewhere your country is lowering the population with guns and bombs. Or maybe it's the success of their propaganda dept telling them that they are gawadu's fave.
It's probably pride based if you've managed to learn of perping world's greatest genocide or most barbarikkk slavery for 248 years.
Well, it's over +BRICS+ has just passed y'all on the left.
Curious where did you live in each?
They say it is lonely in Canada
It doesn't make sense because of Pinkers' assumptions: the freedom we have the democracy we have. It is because we have less of both than he thinks.
Pinker: a smart guy trapped in his biases = smart sounding stupidity.
Read de Tocqueville. He’ll tell you why we are not as happy as we might be. One quote in particular: “ America is good because her people are good. America will cease to be good when her people are no longer good.”
America's people are still good. It's the mfr's in govmin ucking it up
I don't know why we bother taking polls that ask what is the most important issue that will influence your vote. I am 70, and the answer is always the same...the economy. Money. And we don't care how we get it. We don't care about environmental consequences, integrity, character, etc. This is true whether we are religious, educated, or uneducated, and the idea that money cannot buy happiness, money is the root of all evil, really does not apply. Of course, I am generalizing, but we did afflict ouselves with Trump, and seem determined to do it again, so there's that. Makes me sad 😢. Ranked choice voting!
Why ask Mozart?
Or Thomas Gottschalk?
@@sreedharanaidu3175 His hair is very charming/stylish. Very becoming for a handsome white man.
Please tell me how legislating for “unhappy” or depressed or disabled people to delete themselves is a sign of a happy country?
Oh come on. If you have a terminal illness and want to go out on your own terms, there is nothing at all wrong with that.
Lol, that's one way of fudging the numbers.
I’m from Canada, and we’re not better off here. We have the same homeless encampments, even in my small town of 8k people. They’re everywhere. Thanks Trudeau.
Vote for policies that protect your citizens over the rights of companies.
@@br5380 we need the exact opposite of that. He’s increased our population by 25% in just 8 years, letting in over a million people a year. At the same time he’s increased government employees by 40%. On top of all that, he increases taxes every year, making sure Canadians take home less money. He’s the business and economy killer.
I was gonna say, who said that? I hear, as far as happy goes, it can be pretty bleak living in parts and Canada and people drink heavily to entertain themselves. Idk, a lot to unpack but this clip seems flawed.
Canada isn't happier, it's just not as free to publicly state their grievances. Pretend to be happy... or else. ;)
The answer is capitalism.
Unregulated unmoderated capitalism is good for building wealth but not good for the society and it's happiness.
The best system today surely is a democratic socialist capitalism like so many european countries try to do - with varying success rates
Which only works when you don’t have an exodus of people country-shopping because they can speak the language of society. Nobody is flocking to Switzerland, Austria, Hungary, Poland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Slovenia, etc. in the same numbers as the Anglosphere or Francophone world because they don’t want to learn the language which is a tell-tale sign they have no interest in assimilating into the culture and society of those nations. Sure those nations take in immigrants/refugees, but when these nations have high taxes, conscription, etc., combined with an obscure language and usually cold climate they aren’t the first choices of people looking for the quickest route to economic advantage at the expense of the local taxpayers.
@@tsp141181I think you will find that large numbers of people are entering Sweden, Germany, France, Italy and so on, not just Britain and North America. The European welfare state and high standard of living are very attractive.
@@StillAliveAndKicking_ “…in the same numbers….” yeah, i know people are going to Germany and France and Italy and Spain and all the nations who had colonies and exported their language. the amount of l’oriole moving to smaller nations is minute, with the exception of Sweden and their insane recent immigration policy which has backfired and is being shut down due to its failure to integrate people who came without wanting to actually become Swedish for anything other than the handouts.
…as I said
@@tsp141181 Switzerland has very strict immigration rules. Sweden took a lot of immigrants and regretted it. Hungary had huge numbers trying to get in and they put up fencing. Finlnd and Estonia are much isolated by distance. The largest numbers cross into Greece and Italy, many then move north to France, Germany and Britain.
so that proves my point about country-shopping:
1) people landing in the countries in the north mediterranean and travelling north (asylum is in the closest possible nation to where you are fleeing which isn’t in a state of conflict) instead of declaring where they land. They don’t want to work and wait for handouts, they want the affluent northern nations with woke liberals and their taxpayer-funded handouts immediately
2) hungary putting up fences makes sense, both as a duty as an EU nation bordering a non-EU nation, and especially now with that non-EU nation involved in a domestic armed conflict…literally refugees, Plus, people didn’t want to come TO Hungary so much as go THROUGH it, just like your example of landing in Greece and Italy then moving north.
3) Most Ukrainians are NOT flocking to UAE, Japan, etc? almost like some are actually fleeing but some are using the circumstance to country-shop…except for some who are coming to Canada, no shock shock there (see point 4 about votes, and then tie that in with having the lowest COVID vaxx rate in Europe and coming to Canada which had locked down its own citizens and forced them to take the vaxx but somehow determined science didn’t apply to Ukrainian refugees and allowed them in unvaxxed but detained their own citizens).
4) Switzerland is tighter than a duck’s butt regarding immigration…I move there in 2 weeks for a year of professional training, and it was a nightmare just for that, whereas permanent residency and citizenship are a much bigger beast. They actually require you to become Swiss, and have three levels of citizenship (national, cantonal, and communal), of which all are required to grant citizenship. No wonder it’s not high on the country shopping list, although people still try and some still do get in…mostly having a child or marrying a Swiss national
5) My dad’s family comes from Finland and some live in Sweden. They moved to Swwden saying it was a better country, and I can tell you that for other than very gradual immigration like Switzerland for most of the past that all changed under recent woke agendas, which caused people to flock there who didn’t otherwise want to ever go there, and while still there they do not have any interest in becoming Swedish in the traditional sense which begs the question why did they go? Answer: handouts
6) Regarding Finland and even Estonia: when you take a climate roughly as cold as Sweden, with both nations closer than Sweden to where the majority of “refugees” come from, but require they learn an obscure language to function as well as national military service…that is what dissuades people, which is why Sweden was the better option. It’s not the distance, it’s the service which people don’t want to do. Considering Sweden brought that back recently, yet another reason Sweden doesn’t look as good anymore.
7) Look at the Netherlands, and their very sudden about-face. I wonder why.
Notice a common pattern?
America is a good example of uncapped runnaway capitalism, where economics always trumps people. Employment law favours the companies heavily. Even the democrats are qute far to the right compared to equivalent parties in Europe. You can take rhe best elements of capitalism and combine them with the best of socialism. Its not a binary choice. The US needs to learn this.
Not just a problem of either of them though(ex: capitalism/socialism), it's a problem in many ways for the USA as the Great Depression and WW2 was a "Great Reset" for this country but also the world. However, now we're a human lifetime removed from, and there's all kinds of problems that stem from that. Even the inequality we talk about, the playing field was a lot more level back in the 1950s than now. But think about too we saw the USSR fall in the early 1990s. How far removed was it from their revolution? Exactly.
He is correct and I hate it. Usa is a Fascist Plutoracacy !
You're right, we should adopt similar labor laws to France so workers can hold their employers hostage indefinitely.
All the socialist Nordic countries and many other European countries are more free market (more capitalist) than the US according to the economic freedom index.
15 European countries and Canada, Australia and New Zealand all rank higher on the free market list.
LOL as the US spends more on social spending then any country on earth. Dems are far to the right ?- the right of Stalin maybe
Well if you remove a certain demographic...
Of course MAGAboomers cause a lot of problems... but removing them? Thats a step to far
He didn't even answer the question
I would never call a country "free" where you can't have a beer walking down the street, and where 1% of the adult population sits behind bars.
True. Germany is free compared to the US.
@@benjansenvanrensburg1080 All of us can see the freedom in Germany based on recent repressions of protests and freedom of speech.
@@fare1181 your mass of “mostly peaceful protests” suggests otherwise…apart from the fact that it isn’t the norm for protests in Europe to end in deaths of protesters by either other protestors and/or police, and in a European protest you can participate while drinking a beer in public and won’t be arrested for it.
and be able to choose from more than two parties.
And where minorities run the show
A better question would be : "What the hell is going on with that hair???"
Americans' dumb, quasi-totalitarian fixation on policing people's personal choices using Puritan shaming tactics probably does nothing to help your overall happiness levels.
M'lud!
😂😂😂
Better than being bald 😁. And it needs a lot of work. So what's the problem?
Hell, I’m 60, I’d love to have such luxuriant hair.
No answer is given to the question.
Blame the edit.
Most AMERICAN way to answer a question.
He didn’t answer the dámn question
Americans need to figure that out and respond to their own problems.
Ivy League, not American.
For decades, this is what they've done.
@@nutwatch1854 thanks for the correction
The Ivy League is American. Real Americans appreciate excellence. Trumplings love the undereducated and sycophancy.@@nutwatch1854
I dont see many rich people here .A lot of people live beyond their mrans😂
Steven Pinker nailed it. "... More or less a democracy..."
I don't think this has aged so well. Canadians aren't that happy now.
It's called wealth distribution. Take a look at this.
Three two are making VERY strong eye contact
“ there is no world anymore it’s only corporations” number 2 from Austin Powers man of international mystery. How true that statement is.
America has taken work to the extreme.
what do you mean by that?
@@CocoPink44 Apparently America sold out their spare time for consumer goods.
@@CocoPink44 Apparently Americans sold out their spare time for consumer goods.
@@CocoPink44 Americans exchanged their spare time for consumer goods.
@@david-pb4bi That is well said and agree.
These guys have never walked around a street corner in their entire life.
In America the rich are coddled and engorged. In other countries the rich are taxed higher and that money is redistributed to those that need it.
having populations of people not prone to take advantage of the system which isn’t having to overcompensate for the mass immigration and illegals certainly works in their favour…add it to a non-anglo/franco country and that’s even more the case.
America rich are among the most productive in the world. Most innovations in tech and medicine come from the US.
Here in Canada our GDP per capita has been going down ever since trudeau came to power.
@@rifleman4005 The rich in America are syphoning off increasing amounts of the American GDP leaving the vast majority scrounging for enough income to keep afloat financially..and it gets harder every year because those workers who actually earn the wealth of the corporations are USED as objects not human beings. The only ones treated as human beings are the few that get stock options, wages and bonuses for their compensation instead of mere salary which is all the workers have to look forward to..and of course, the wage is controlled by the few at the top who see the worker as subservient and less worthy of recognition and pay.
@@tsp141181 you'd prefer a system that protects the wealthy & corporations?
@@br5380 where did I say that?! I pointed out why such systems as those described in the original comment may work where they are employed but won’t/don’t necessarily work in the Anglosphere
Happiness is for pigs. - Albert Einstein
Are you high? Canadians are dealing with an ineffective government and system.
They can keep their chaos.
Once they get Trudeau out, they'll be in a much better situation up there.
Really stupid thinking
There's nothing wrong with USA talking about the official GDP numbers. In fact the GDP per capita of the USA is absolutely fantastic and higher than every single country of the world, including Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Germany, France, UK, even Sweden, Austria, Finland, etc., except like 5,6 or 7 of them. I think Ireland, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Norway and maybe Denmark got higher GDP per capita than USA. The problems for the USA start when you look at the median wealth per adult and you see that USA is like only 26th in the world, just barely ahead of Slovenia. And France, Canada, UK, Australia and ITALY AND SPAIN are waaaay ahead of the USA on that list of the median wealth per adult citizen. Then suddenly you realise that average citizen of the USA ain't living super well at all. 60% of Americans don't even have 1000 dollars in the bank. That's attrocious.
are the numbers taken from American citizens alone or do they include all adults residing in the country including the mass amounts of illegals?
But in terms of median disposable income, the US is still ahead. We have 2x as much as Canadians. Income doesn't tell the whole story. Housing in Canada is way more expensive, for example. That's why it's disposable income that counts.
@@nutwatch1854 Median wealth tells a lot. For example how many citizens own their homes. I read somewhere that one of THE biggest stressfull situations in life is to pay the rent and not own your own home.
@@nutwatch1854 really? Damn that sucks that housing is worse in Canada, it's already horrendous here. US being 2x bigger GDP per capital wise is misleading given how extreme inequality is here. "We" -- average Americans -- not much better off than Canadians, it's JP Morgan and Chase, Blackstone, Wells Fargo, health insurance companies and other financial capitalist firms hat hoard all the wealth. The rest of us are in debt to them and the society at large is falling apart.
A right country full of poor people.
Canada is not a happy place.
The key word in the question is the adverb “seemingly.”
Diversity is our strength!!!
Because the US is so extreme it makes the Canadians look gentler even though their policies are almost the same. The last “Indian” Residential school in Canada closed in 1996. Just take that in!
Ok immigrant
Canada is like the same population as California. Lol
Canada is definitely not well run at the moment😂😂😂
And you'd prefer policies that favour the citizen rather than business?
The US has a totally different history and demographic for starters
sorry, what is so exceptional about US history? Ireland has a totally different history and demographic to say, Germany. N.Z has a different history to Italy and Brazil and Korea have very different histories. What is so totally different about the USA?
@@lorrainemoynehan6791 Apparently we have a higher concentration of fat and lazy people. I think that is what distinguishes us in the world now.
This cant be more out of touch. Canadians aren’t happy at all. Literally the RCMP leaked a report that detailed Canadian are so frustrated that they may revolt in the next 5 years. Look it up.
maybe the Americans are not as happy because of who their current president is?
Because we have so much freedom we suffer from analysis paralysis and impulse.
In the film the Third Man ,Orson Wells character says :"Like the fellow says,in Italy for 30 years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed,but they produced Michelangelo,Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance. In Switzerland, they had brotherly love,they had 500 years of democracy and peace,and what did that produce? The Cuckoo Clock."
I was born in Canada - now live in the US, happily. I’d never go back.
Spending their money elsewhere other than home!
Common Wealth, the colonialists just cannot let the world live as equal humans
The American colonisys ,?
Thomas Gottschalk, is that you???
Extreme capitalism. The US had private prisons. How messed up is that? Funding education and healthcare is seem as “socialist”. The military industrial complex, meaning there is money to be made in instigating or fighting wars.
Lobbying politicians, disgusting, meaning the voters are less likely to be listened too as opposed to lobbyists. Lots of issues
Australia and the UK both have more private prisons than the US and their people don't even know about it. That's the difference between us. I once told this to an Australian and he said "Well, they must be run pretty well, since I've never heard about them."
@@nutwatch1854 you might not fully understand the idea of public private partnerships that occur in places like Australia. They're quite different from a private prison in the US.
@sidiqabdul-kareem5544 US defence spending is only 3.4% of GDP and the aerospace and defence sector net profit margin is only 4.6%. There isn't that much money going to the military industrial complex. It's not an issue.
@sidiqabdul-kareem5544 US defence spending is only 3.4% of GDP, near an all time low, and the aerospace and defence sector net profit margin is only 4.6%. There isn't that much money going to the military industrial complex. It's not an issue.
In my opinion, it’s greed. Working way over 40 hours and not receiving overtime pay is just wrong. Cost of living on the increase and having to work side gigs to make ends meet barely is just sad. It’s close to nearly impossible to go the whole month without being overdrawn on my bank account and barely covering minimums on credit cards is a feat in and of itself. It’s just sad really. Living to work day in and day out.
Perhaps you need to demand a raise from your employer, or find a better paying job. Inflation is lower in the US than in most of the world while US wages have risen faster than anywhere else. Fax.
If you are in a cycle where you are just paying minimums on your credit cards, you need to get out of that situation ASAP. You may have to go into true austerity mode for a while, but getting out of debt will make you far more happy in the end.
It's because we work three times as hard and we're hated by the very people we help
If capital is above the country, its government will be not legitimized.
The Answer: "Broken Families" Produce Broken Men who tend to "Produce Little!"
Get rid of the adoption industry, redo the judicial system, improve education and make child support enforcement functional.
Canadians are happy because of the monarchy and the British system of government. God Save The King
OK, Pinker didn't answer the question, and I don't think what he did say was true-Canada is very different from 'other affluent nations' as well. It might have something to do with the fact that we are the only affluent nations on our continent, or in our hemisphere, and maybe 'a better question' would inquire as to why that might be the case.
Wrong on so many levels. A better question yet is why are all these "superior" countries so dependent on the US?
America definitely needs quality education, we are going downhill quickly compared to other countries in that respect.
Did this guy just traveled from the 16th century?!! 🤔🤣
Yet we're the most powerful, productive country in the world. Curious.
Your relative unhappiness despite this is exactly the paradox they are focusing on. Not sure you're the most productive economy (actually without checking I'd guess you are not) - but Americans work quite a lot more than many others. Almost all the productivity gap between Europe and the US is thus due to Europeans having longer vacations and working fewer hours. Maybe a positive trade off?
its because you gotta pay to hold your newborn child WAT DA
Factoring in debt, America is one of the poorest countries on earth.
All the people commenting that "Canadians aren't happy!" are proving this man correct and showing their lack of basic comprehension. They did not say Canadians are happy and well-run, they said Canadians are happier and more well-run than Americans. The difference between the two is significant. Learn to listen.
I love the way people speak in this abstract term “happy “
The way I gage happy is see what countries consume the most anti-depressants and Canada is right behind US and has like 1/8th the population
The question was "why?" and his answer was "yes, they are." Non sequitur.
Every single western country mentioned owes its prosperity to the United States' hegemony.
Cash is speech. Corporations are people. Bribery rules America.
I can’t believe they got one of the founding fathers to answer this question
Keep up that immigration policy and maybe Pinker will figure it out. Of course he knows already, though.
It's simple. We The People are owned by private equity, both foreign and domestic.
So, I doesn’t matter so much in WHAT you have, but IN WHAT IS TRULY “VALUABLE” TO YOU, AND THE SUSTAINING OF YOUR “LIFE”!!
“What is root of the problem?”
“Yes, this is a problem.”
Part of the reason we (USA) are fat and unhappy is that we have so many chemicals in our food. There have been studies linking junk food and depression. Even non-junk food has garbage chemicals in them.
Because all the wealth is being hoarded at the top. THEY'RE very happy.
Other countries ban the chemicals that are sprayed on our food here in the United States!!!!!!!!
Americans live in a constant state of anxiety. Their lives can be destroyed by illhealth or gun violence at any moment.
Because of how your health system and social security system are not good. People need to feel safe to be happy.
In the US, people can lose everything just like that!
This gentleman looks like Thomas Gottschalk.
Canadians are not happier than Americans
I'm an American, and I'm very happy and pleased with our system. It works very well for capable and hard working people. If you are neither of those things and you are not fortunate enough to come from money then you will do much better in nations with a robust welfare system that you can leach off of and yet still benefit from the innovations and technology produced by the best and brightest.
It's the food in the USA. It's disgusting. And piles of it.
Maybe "affluence & freedom" are not so key to health & happiness ... 🙄🤔
As usual, any attempt at constructive introspection in the USA is greeted with absolute denial.
I’ve lived in both countries. I didn’t experience Canadians as any happier and so many of the people I knew moved to the USA.
A culture that does not promote self discipline and delayed gratification is not going to be happy. Gluttony and debt are bad combinations.
Australia is not doing all that well either obesity is becoming a huge problem as well.
Some factors: economic inequality, lack of social support mechanisms, in particular Universal Health Care - all those countries mentioned (Uk, Canada, Australia, North Europe) have health coverage for their citizens
We got sold out, our money goes to the worst countries and people -
Here in the USA, we need to embrace more the concept of community,
But everyone freaks out and equalize community with communism and then… bad things happen
Disintegration of the family unit is the reason for unhappy and unhealthy .
the Canadians are happy are they? When was this taped?
Because we have 20 aircraft carriers while the country with the next most has while China has 3.
Canada is NOT doing well at all nowadays.
There are alot of young people grumbling about Canada on this comment board. If you are older , my age (64) , you know america used to be ok and we used to look to them as a model. No longer. And no longer is it better here
This guy should try out for a role in Hamilton
Capitalism is the answer to the question. Capitalism is at the root of most if not all of our problems
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No it’s not. Capitalism is the fundamental building block of individual sovereignty. You’re lack of ambition and non existent work ethic is the root of all of your problems.
@@TLDCHWTTOSyou have believed the propaganda while billionaires are laughing at how dumb you are
Eh no. US is not a free market but a crony "capitalist" fascist one.
So you would rather bend over for outing.
Having lived in both I feel that Americans are friendlier and there’s just more opportunities than in Canada
People say "affluence" but that doesn't apply to the vast majority of the country. Maybe it shows up in GDP but regular folks like me are finding it progressively hard to afford a basic life.