“Something is rotten in the state of Denmark” says Marcellus in Shakespeare’s “Hamlet,” suggesting moral and political decay in a ghostly time.
America is in a period of internal dissonance — not quite decay but something akin to it.
We don’t feel like a happy country. And, in fact, on the list of the happiest nations, generated by Gallup each year, America is 23rd this year, behind the United Arab Emirates, and we have dropped from last year’s place of 15th. If you are looking for a happy country, go to Finland, which tops the list along with most of the Nordic countries.
Most surprising about the data on happiness is that the most unhappy demographic is people under 30, which is…
