Time to Care

a reply to: ScepticScot

... and the country with the highest quality of life has no army whatsoever.

Indeed, pacifism is enshrined in the constitution. Seventy years ago Costa Rica abolished its army and today, as the most populous country on Earth without a standing military, it is home to the United Nations University for Peace and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. Which further explains that lofty position in the Happy Planet Index.

On holiday in the world's happiest country



Costa Rica even has a lower poverty index with 9% than the USA with 12%, Military Industrial Complexes come to mind. Again.

originally posted by: shooterbrody
a reply to: PublicOpinion
life is not fair?

Also - nature is by design unfair, unequal. Competing forces fighting for either life or power. One will always prevail. Typically the "stronger" force wins, unless multiple weak forces bind together to become stronger than the strong force. Speaking in very vague terms