Finland is again ranked the happiest country in the world. The US falls ...

Great American literature going back to the beginning of the 19th century explains in the language of FICTION why Americans tend to unhappiness. The "national character " shaped by the Industrial Revolution and an almost Darwinian capitalism ( including Social Darwinism applied to Native Americans and the poor , especially poor immigrants ) very soon accepted outrageous social inequality - late even in abolishing Black slavery . The " national character " has shaped a vast class of greedy , snobby mostly PETTY-BOURGEOISIE , social climbers. A lot of great American fiction, written by sensitive , insightful , well educated souls , is just variation on the theme of Theodore Dreiser's " American Tragedy " ; the theme of Upton Sinclair's " The Jungle " ; the theme of F. Scott Fitzgerald's " The Great Gatsby ". No accident that all three of these famous American authors were smitten by the idea and ideal of SOCIALISM . In the MAGA Republican USA today SOCIALISM , the very idea and ideal of it , is about to be banned in " OUR democracy ". And the nation will not be " happy ever after " ! Of course , the WOKE WARRIOR Democrats were always false friends of social justice . After their humiliation in Election 2024 they can be expected to double down on WOKE & WAR .