U.S. drops from top 20 happiest countries list in 2024 World Happiness Report for the first time

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U.S. drops from top 20 happiest countries list in 2024 World Happiness Report
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Housing crisis, 40-year out of date poverty level, a minimum wage that hasn't been increased in 15 years and that has had a continuously decreasing purchasing power for almost 60 years. Most expensive healthcare, rampant student loan debt, record-breaking corporate profits, a self-immolating middle class, etc. etc.

Honestly, it's hard to find much to be happy about here right now.

Well at least you have 31 flavors of classic Rice A Roni.

Surely there must be countries that have more flavors of rice a Roni?

I know some countries have special flavors of KitKat compared to our lame selection

a self-immolating middle class

This is the worst part. Every time I see people who mainly consume digital entertainment scoff at getting it for free, it just cements in my mind how most people are useful idiots.

The US is far richer than a lot of the higher ranked countries. Furthermore, it's the best performing country out of the pandemic. Can't be the reason for the drop

I'm so glad that big corporations are making record profits. It'll trickle down any day now! /s

Wages during the Biden presidency are the highest ever, even accounting for inflation

I'm glad you have insight into my level of happiness and its cause. I'll correct myself the next time I think about how inflation is keeping me down. WRONG ANSWER, WALLET!

Edit: To be more clear, I'm reasonably well-off and still terrified that I'll die in a financial crisis. Our system sucks.

That's the issue, people are better off than they were under Trump, but social media made us all worried

A tiny percentage of Americans hold the majority of that wealth. The average American is not wealthy.