21jumpstreet 390 Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 Regarding China and Vietnam ranking high : do people really think that when inhabitants from a non-democratic country is asked by a stranger "are you happy in your country" they will get an honest answer from everyone. In countries without freedom of expression, happiness poll, just like government popularity poll, are always partially skewed because some people worry about speaking openly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
21jumpstreet 390 Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 (edited) 7. [+123, -6] We’re a developed country that only sells TV and cellphones truth and cars. and big ships (a shitload of them), and general electronic appliance. Australia sells coal, iron, beef. How is that more developed ? edit: and uranium Edited October 31, 2014 by 21jumpstreet 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
21jumpstreet 390 Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 I'm Vietnamese, aside from the fact that we have lower living standard and payment compare to developed contries, life is less stressful, and students don't have to study to death in order to get in university because there are plenty of options. What you said is true, we somewhat can't freely express our thoughts about the gorvement, but from what I observe, people don't have to work for excessive amount of time like in Korea or Japan. In vietnam i dont know but in china those who work in the big production factories do work a lot according to studies. But yeah korea and japan both have the most stressful work culture. My point was more than these polls are biased toward "we re all happy" in non democratic countries. Same happening in russia nowadays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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