Is Being Too Comfortable Killing Your Happiness?

What Denmark can teach us about the trap of privilege

Thomas of Copenhagen
Forge
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6 min readAug 6, 2021

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I live in Denmark, which, for many years, has been ranked as one of the happiest countries in the world. Danes live in a socialist society where free healthcare and education are guaranteed to everyone. Therefore, having a master’s degree is common, and many earn a middle-class salary. Without…

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Thomas of Copenhagen
Forge
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