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OGBuzz

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11. Google Happiest Countries in the World.

Reply to orangecrush (Original post)

Sun Jul 5, 2026, 07:18 PM

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All the Nordic countries are at the top, all practice Democratic Socialism. USA ranks #23. USA has a lot of extremely happy rich people, the other 99% not so much.

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LEARN the DIFFERENCE! [View all] orangecrush Sunday OP

Communism is actually LisaL Sunday #1

I love the Sweden model... chouchou Sunday #2

Like most functional liberal democracies. pat_k Sunday #5

Years ago... GiqueCee Sunday #7

Education is a bane to Republicans dave99 Sunday #12

I remember... GiqueCee Monday #20

Then they should label themselves appropriately per their audience's understanding. RandomNumbers Monday #21

That is known as Social Democracy Fiendish Thingy Sunday #6

Me too Joinfortmill Sunday #9

Exactly!!!! All of the Nordics are new business generating powerhouses. paleotn Sunday #17

Political liberalism is nobody should be poor. mr715 Sunday #3

I prefer Social Democrat pwb Sunday #4

"Learn the difference??2?" Grokenstein Sunday #8

Capitalism: TBF Sunday #10

Google Happiest Countries in the World. OGBuzz Sunday #11

NO. They're "social democracies" and the ordering of the words makes a difference. harumph Sunday #18

Correct. My bad. But I don't believe socialism is a scary word. OGBuzz Monday #19

Republicans want people to be poor IronLionZion Sunday #13

In our union elections we always had company doc03 Sunday #14

Late-Stage Capitalism: if you're born rich you can stay that way FakeNoose Sunday #15

The rich scare-monger the voters because they don't want to pay higher taxes. Justice matters. Sunday #16