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whathehell

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7. I think I know what you're saying..

Reply to Tobin S. (Reply #6)

Tue Mar 6, 2018, 01:46 PM

Mar 2018

and I'm sure your friend is in love and is very happy generally, and because of that, may be viewing his fiance's homeland through rose colored glasses.

As for happy poor vs.unhappy rich, I think a "happy" medium is more likely found in the middle class -- a real one with a manufacturing base and strong unions -- The kind we had in Post-war 50's and 60's and 70's. I think a lot of the reason people in America are unhappy now isn't because they "have too much", but because that middle class they once enjoyed has, under successive Republican administrations, been disappearing.

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Last night was an active night in the unconscious psyche of the Tobster. [View all] Tobin S. Mar 2018 OP

That's a Third World vs. the Developed World comparison, not whathehell Mar 2018 #1

Are you saying that the idea extends beyond America and Thailand? Tobin S. Mar 2018 #2

Huh? whathehell Mar 2018 #3

I was talking about cultural differences in the contexts of wealth and spirituality. Tobin S. Mar 2018 #4

I understand you now, but whathehell Mar 2018 #5

I'm not saying that all poor people are happy. Tobin S. Mar 2018 #6

I think I know what you're saying.. whathehell Mar 2018 #7

The thing I'm driving at is... Tobin S. Mar 2018 #8