>It boils down to "everyone might be miserable, but someone else is getting rich so it's good."
Aren't Scandinavian people statistically the happiest? That's not anglo culture.
Aren't Scandinavian people statistically the happiest? That's not anglo culture.
Different cultures also define happiness differently. For the scandanvians, happiness stems from contentment and balance, American society tends to link it to consumerism and material success.