Legacy information from living there for 8mo ish about 20yrs ago. Didn’t do my work beyond that.MDlaxfan76 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 15, 2023 9:21 amAccording to this, the Scandinavian countries historically had high rates of suicide, but that's dropped precipitously and they are now lower than the US. Apparently they also have among the highest "happiness index" in the world...despite the dark...Farfromgeneva wrote: ↑Wed Mar 15, 2023 9:03 amIt is fair to point out that Scandinavian countries have very high suicide rates per capita though that has more to do with 3hrs of daylight during winter months I believe.Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Tue Mar 14, 2023 10:03 pmYep. It’s a terrible phrase. And unfortunately politicians take it and redefine it and flood the zone with continuous messaging….same thing going on with “CRT” now. “Right wing” has always been exceptional at staying on message. This Iowa schoolteacher thing is insane. You can’t say “slavery is bad”….I guess you can’t say the Holocaust was bad. Insane. CRT has nothing to do with K-12 education but “Republicans” have told their folks that it’s in elementary schools.a fan wrote: ↑Tue Mar 14, 2023 9:57 pmNotice the "socialist" countries that actually invest in their people have the lowest rates?Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Tue Mar 14, 2023 9:22 pmThis chart should bother us.MDlaxfan76 wrote: ↑Tue Mar 14, 2023 9:09 pm+100Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Tue Mar 14, 2023 8:31 pmAbsolutely. It’s an investment and our society would benefit.a fan wrote: ↑Tue Mar 14, 2023 8:24 pmMy wife can tell you where the lines diverge-----it's MUCH cheaper to invest in kids early---the poor especially------instead of throwing everyone in jail when it's too late.Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Tue Mar 14, 2023 8:21 pm
I mentioned a few years ago that if we invested in our people early on we wouldn’t spend so much on housing people in prison, could have lower policing expenses and have more productive people paying more taxes and in increase overall productivity of the population. We are being sub optimized as a nation. Cradleandshoot called it handouts and a lack of parental responsibility…..oh well.
Said it a million times-----we should be using our MASSIVE GDP to absolutely smoke other nations. I that that we don't.
Great map, a fan.
Let's just say that my hometown, Baltimore is not "defunded", either on a cost per resident, share of total city budget, nor # of police per resident...and yet...damn liberals.
This, btw, is what a policy wonks mean by "defund the police". They mean: take the money we're blowing on police and jails, and INVEST in your communities and your kids. If you do that? You won't need the doggone jails.
And again, I agree it's a stupid, stupid way of phrasing it.
https://worldpopulationreview.com/count ... by-country
But…live through a winter there and aside from Christmas in Tivoli Gardens and smoking hotties buried in 17 layers of clothing there’s not much else but alcohol and depression. Guess even the pregnant women who would generally score “11” on a 10pt scale can make any situation happy.