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Due_Station9730 t1_j2vdadi wrote

It’s really interesting to me that the country that was founded by one of the most aggressive, and hardened groups of people in history, the Vikings, has with time become one of the most peaceful countries in the world and consistently ranks at the top of every one of these “happiness” indicators. No opinion. I just find that really interesting. Hell, Australia wasn’t exactly founded by a bunch of nuns either. I wonder what the correlation could be?

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zeefox79 t1_j2zwejy wrote

Nothing to do with ancient history. The correlation is simply that they have similar Government systems

All of the top placed countries are social democracies that have strong social safety nets & health systems (which increase life expectancy), well-funded education systems, high degrees of economic freedom (which boosts total GDP) and highly progressive tax & payment systems (which reduce inequality and boost low and median incomes)

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Darki_Boi t1_j2w4nyn wrote

Isnt there a saying like, easy way in hard way out? So that but in reverse

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