buzz muddleheaded: The Pursuit of Happiness in poor Latin-America

Happiness statistics are as subjective as happiness itself. I have several comments:

A) Happiness may be interpreted as having a balanced life. Latin America is the richest and least populated of the poorest sector of the World. Hence some countries in LatAm are actually quiet in the 'middle' of many factors. Costa Rica is a perfect example it being the richest and most European '(sorry for mentioning it) of the entire region after Uruguay which is too cold to be happy.

B ) Poor people smile a lot. Tropical people smile a lot.? Brazilians love sugar from actual fruits, not corn, and they enjoy their sugar highs.? They also like sex and consider it something to be consumed, not had.

C) Latin Americans always answer yes, even if they (we intend, I am one) to say no. This may be striking for the foreign visitor, even utterly frustrating, but when you ask anyone where/whether it's possible to get something or somewhere the answer shall always be 'SI', yes. if they meant to say 'negative' they will answer yes followed by a convoluted excuse that explains that while 'yes' the subject is willing to please you, the subject wont or isn't capable of.

Complacency has been seen as a desirable attribute by the Catholic masters that conditioned the submitted populace for five hundred years.

Some more recent non Catholic immigrants are just as baffled by these attitudes and so we build our lives around an expatriation plan.

Edited by volco, Today, 11:50 AM.

"If you understand something in only one way, then you don't really understand it at all"

Source: http://forum.objectivismonline.com/index.php?showtopic=24921

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