What are your thoughts on conservatism, and the bible belt? (chart)
by Fernando 10 Replies latest jw friends
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JeffT
What is the definition of "health and social problems?" and how is the index computed?
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Bruisedandbleeding12
Not enough information about the chart....
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Fernando
This companion chart shows what the index is made up of (both from the book "Spirit Level"):
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Fernando
The Spirit Level : Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger
By (author) Richard Wilkinson , By (author) Kate Pickett , Foreword by Robert B Reich
It is a well-established fact that in rich societies the poor have shorter lives and suffer more from almost every social problem."The Spirit Level," based on thirty years of research, takes this truth a step further.
One common factor links the healthiest and happiest societies: the degree of equality among their members.
Further, more unequal societies are bad for everyone within them-the rich and middle class as well as the poor.
The remarkable data assembled in "The Spirit Level" exposes stark differences, not only among the nations of the first world but even within America's fifty states.
Almost every modern social problem-poor health, violence, lack of community life, teen pregnancy, mental illness-is more likely to occur in a less-equal society.
Renowned researchers Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett lay bare the contradictions between material success and social failure in the developed world.
But they do not merely tell us what's wrong. They offer a way toward a new political outlook, shifting from self-interested consumerism to a friendlier, more sustainable society.
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Fernando
Facts above, controversial graphic below:
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ttdtt
Conservatism + the Bible Belt = people who continually votes against their own interests and never realize it.
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never a jw
Ask Russia and Cuba. They tried equality
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Fernando
The graph above shows a strong correlation between equality and health for around 21 countries that fit the researchers' selection criteria.
The researchers it seems have concluded causation in this case.
Some statistics I have seen suggest a 60% average church attendance for the USA, whereas I remember Norway being around 3%. High correlation. Causation?
