U.S. Drops in World Happiness Ranking

Why has the U.S. fallen to its lowest happiness ranking ever?  Well, most Americans harbor at least one, often many, deep concerns about their country’s ongoing capacity to support a strong quality of life.

Some of us are worried about ourselves, e.g., inflation and high-paying jobs, where others are kept awake at night by issues facing huge masses of our population, for example: women, LBGTQs, the poorly educated, those without healthcare, people of color, and young people whose lives will be heavily impacted by climate change and other sorts of eco-catastrophe.

Above all, most Americans are horrified at what Trump and Musk are doing to the U.S. government, and the concept that our democracy may become a relic of the past.

Those of us who love America are profoundly saddened to watch this happen.  As someone said recently, “This is like being tied to a chair being forced to watch a toddler play with a loaded gun.”