The more sinister side of Brexit

[milanbenes]

Now you'll make him take his socks and shoes off again..................

you see Shaun you can do clever humour when you put your mind to it

good job

Milan.

[simondolan]

you see Shaun you can do clever humour when you put your mind to it

good job

Milan.

[simondolan]

I was trying to find a graph that shows exactly that.
Unfortunately happiness cannot be quantified so is not a useful measure of anything.

Perhaps that is why undefinable and subjective things like "happiness" and "contentment" are used in the argument.....?

[Lance]

Perhaps that is why undefinable and subjective things like "happiness" and "contentment" are used in the argument.....?

Lord Kelvin quotation.

"I often say that when you can measure what you are speaking about, and express it in numbers, you know something about it; but when you cannot measure it, when you cannot express it in numbers, your knowledge is of a meagre and unsatisfactory kind."

[simondolan]

Lord Kelvin quotation.

"I often say that when you can measure what you are speaking about, and express it in numbers, you know something about it; but when you cannot measure it, when you cannot express it in numbers, your knowledge is of a meagre and unsatisfactory kind."

Nice - I shall have to learn that one.

[sasguru]

Straw man argument rather than extrapolation, but taking that into account - what examples can you give of the assertion you made that countries with less disparity between rich and poor (which remember is always relative) are indeed "happier" or "more content"

Obviously these things are hard to quantify, but insofar as research has been carried out it does tend to support the notion e.g.

https://hbr.org/2016/01/income-inequ...ies-less-happy

If you're well travelled you'll also observe that the rich in countries with extreme wealth disparity (e.g. South Africa, Kenya) tend to retreat into highly securitised gated communities and don't go out much at night. Which I don't suppose makes the rich very happy either.

[Lance]

Nice - I shall have to learn that one.

as an accountant I'm amazed you don't already

[sasguru]

Lord Kelvin quotation.

"I often say that when you can measure what you are speaking about, and express it in numbers, you know something about it; but when you cannot measure it, when you cannot express it in numbers, your knowledge is of a meagre and unsatisfactory kind."

Which can be summarised, to Brexiters in particular, as "Your fucking brain farts don't matter".

[SueEllen]

Obviously these things are hard to quantify, but insofar as research has been carried out it does tend to support the notion e.g.

https://hbr.org/2016/01/income-inequ...ies-less-happy

If you're well travelled you'll also observe that the rich in countries with extreme wealth disparity (e.g. South Africa, Kenya) tend to retreat into highly securitised gated communities and don't go out much at night. Which I don't suppose makes the rich very happy either.

They also have armed private security....

[motoukenin]

Facts about what exactly?
Post-referendum it's largely irrelevant 'wot won it' (bit like the Blair Government getting in for a third term when they'd basically bankrupted the country).
If by facts you mean the constant political 'briefings' to the media, these are not facts they are predictions with a particular slant (on either side). T

he sooner we get shot of a layer of policitocs the better, and why stop there we need 'small' government.

I would prefer an honest government otherwise you end up with Trump