I think wiki is your bible Tony
Oh I’ve looked at it Tony. Of course it has something to do with it.
A lot of factors are perception of lifestyle happiness derived from the quality of life away from the workplace. So lack of urbanisation is a major factor. Outdoor lifestyle and working arrangements akin to that society
Even then it’s worthy of note 18 - 24 year olds in these countries are similar to other countries and the bulk of “happiness” is in an older age bracket. Furthermore migrants in these countries general are less happy
Countries such as New Zealand and Canada have wealth disparity similar to the uk.
If the uk instigated taxation policies similar to the nordic countries it would increase every taxation by 50%. I would dispute this would make anyone happy as the reports indicate countries with stability in fiscal strategy tend to fair better
There’s one anomaly but low population density and a large constant indigenous population are also clear factors in this - less strain on social services are obvious factors which will not be replicated here
Not a great advert for the Eu big countries either is it. I think though the uk fares considerably better than most of the larger industrialised countries under Eu rule.
Germany ranks higher than us which is far more industrialised than us.
Lifestyle happiness is also to do with the workplace. Shorter working hours, min 25 days paid holiday a year, more public holidays. All factors in allowing happiness away from the workplace.
Countries like Canada and New Zealand has similar wealth disparity to the U.K. yet rank happier. You’re dismissing your own arguments by even bringing that up.
The Nordic model clearly works on every yard stick so your personal assumptions based on ignorance are no basis to dispute it.
Strain on social services can be managed with real investment and long term planning instead of budget cuts and short term strategies. I’ll give you one example of an elderly person that I personally know from Denmark. At a certain age (don’t recall the age) a gift from the Danish health service is the cosmetic procedure known as an eye lift. Reason being is it helps stave off eye conditions associated with age so is treated as a precautionary measure to save money later on by not treating conditions that this procedure can stop. You would never get that forward thinking with the doctrine you buy into yet this is common place in the Nordic model.
You have countries like Iceland that suffers from high rates of depression in part due to long winters when it barely gets light yet they still somehow manage to rank higher than us.
All the countries above us have issues but crucially they have a different mentality to people like you. They understand the value of things whereas you’ve tapped into politics that only understands the cost.
