Re: Future of online fora

On Tue, 8 Apr 2025 10:21:37 -0400, Zen Cycle <funkmaster@hotmail.com>
wrote:

On 4/8/2025 10:05 AM, Jeff Liebermann wrote:

On Tue, 8 Apr 2025 05:19:27 -0400, zen cycle
<funkmasterxx@hotmail.com> wrote:
 

On 4/7/2025 8:09 PM, AMuzi wrote:

On 4/7/2025 5:52 PM, floriduh dumbass wrote:

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People who don't like 'things as they are' include communist
idealists, Libertarians and jihadis.  Over to you.

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But where are the people who are happy with "convention?"
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C'est bon
Soloman

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If there were none, it would not be conventional!

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https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/happiest-countries-in-the-world

 
I seems that the level of happiness was partly determined by polling a
random sample of the residents of the various countries.
 
"To determine the world’s happiest country, researchers analyzed
comprehensive Gallup polling data from 143 countries for the past
three years, specifically monitoring performance in six particular
categories: gross domestic product per capita, social support, healthy
life expectancy, freedom to make your own life choices, generosity of
the general population, and perceptions of internal and external
corruption levels."
 
 From that perspective, I would think that the Democratic People's
Republic of (North) Korea would be the happiest country.  Just ask any
DPRK resident and they would likely claim they are extremely happy
with conditions in their country.  Of course, if they answered
anything else, they would immediately be invited to visit the nearest
re-education center for an attitude re-adjustment.

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The citizens of the nordic countries that routinely top the list aren't
likely to get thrown in prison for criticizing their society.

Of course not.  I was just pointing out the limitations of drawing
broad conclusions from selective data.  For example, the Gallup poll
mentioned used "polling data" from 143 countries.  The world has 195
countries.  What happened to the missing 52 countries?  Even the UN
list of countries has problems:
<https://www.worldometers.info/geography/how-many-countries-are-there-in-the-world/>

Were the missing 52 tiny countries or were some large but
uncooperative countries excluded?  Does the polling data reflect the
population of the countries (proportional representation)? 

Does having a recent protest, revolution or civil war in a country
automatically make their population unhappy?  I would thinks that at
least part of the population was unhappy with the former government.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_revolutions_and_rebellions#2020s>
Was there any consideration for the emigration rate, where people
leaving a country might be considered a sign of dissatisfaction?

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