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The higher standard of living, the ruder the country is?

Posted on 5/11/26 at 6:08 pm
Posted by athenslife101
Member since Feb 2013
20504 posts
Posted on 5/11/26 at 6:08 pm
I heard this theory awhile back and I wonder how true it is.

The idea being that in certain countries with extremely high standard of living g, like Luxembourg and Austria, and Scandinavia, people feel no impetus to be nice because the chances of strangers in any way influencing their current standard of living is so low that there’s no benefit to being kind or social
Posted by RogerTheShrubber
Juneau, AK
Member since Jan 2009
299716 posts
Posted on 5/11/26 at 6:12 pm to
Affluence can be a huge drag on society. Most humans arent fit to be leisurely and wealthy, it changes who we are for the worst.
Posted by LemmyLives
Texas
Member since Mar 2019
16178 posts
Posted on 5/11/26 at 6:13 pm to
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xtremely high standard of living g, like Luxembourg and Austria, and Scandinavia

Go to an airline check in counter in Istanbul. 10000% not true.
Posted by Volvagia
Fort Worth
Member since Mar 2006
53474 posts
Posted on 5/11/26 at 6:14 pm to
More precisely I’d say the higher the standard, the more the entitlement/taking it for granted.


The most hilarious part about the 1% protests was the ignorance that even poor college students are in the 1% globally. But somehow that’s (D)ifferent
Posted by The Pirate King
Pangu
Member since May 2014
68506 posts
Posted on 5/11/26 at 6:16 pm to
The US and particularly parts of the south have high standards of living, especially compared to the vast majority of the world and we're generally not rude outside of the northeast and some parts of the west coast.

A lot of Europeans are just assholes with an undeserved superiority complex built on a foundation of lies that they'd have been just fine without America or Americans.
Posted by Raoul Stimulato
Hale Bopp Comet
Member since Sep 2022
2320 posts
Posted on 5/11/26 at 6:20 pm to
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and particularly parts of the south have high standards of living


Dafuq!?

Not saying there aren’t some nice pockets, but not at all wide swathes of wealth like other parts of the country
This post was edited on 5/11/26 at 6:20 pm
Posted by fr33manator
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2010
134659 posts
Posted on 5/11/26 at 6:23 pm to
The colder the country, the colder the people.


Then there's the corollary, the hotter the country, the hotter the women's tempers.
Posted by The Pirate King
Pangu
Member since May 2014
68506 posts
Posted on 5/11/26 at 6:26 pm to
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Not saying there aren’t some nice pockets, but not at all wide swathes of wealth like other parts of the country

The standard of living per capita in Texas suburbs is better than pretty much anywhere else in the country. Big cities have big problems and high costs. The northeast has pockets of extreme wealth mixed with dilapidated houses just like the south.

High salary doesn't always equal a good standard of living if the costs are high to match it.
Posted by Porter Osborne Jr
Member since Sep 2012
43773 posts
Posted on 5/11/26 at 7:22 pm to
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Scandinavia


I call bullshite. These people are always super nice
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