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Swedish person here: im not sure that high inequality causes happiness OR unhappiness. Ive seen upper middle class people unhappy and poor people happy in ways that condradict both BC narrative and the common inequality=mental misery narrative. I dont know how to explain it

It seems more likely that we are somewhat happier because we work less hard and have more vacations then americans.

I think sweden could be a 8-9/10 on happiness if our culture was better and more social, and our housing situation wasnt to messed up.

And if we had less winter deppression via light therapy and higher GDP. Low unemployment seems like a cause of unhappiness here to me, even when you know your ok, because its still so much bureaucracy to handle and you feel meaningless

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