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Recent Ipsos poll shows that most people in western countries think that their country is headed in the wrong direction. (lemmy.ml)

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https://www.ipsos.com/sites/default/files/ct/news/documents/2024-03/India%20emerges%20most%20optimistic%20market%20in%20March%202024%20-%20Ipsos%20What%20Worries%20the%20World%20Global%20Monthly%20Survey_March%2027%202024.pdf

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Yea but their living standards are going up, so understandably they're going to feel they're going in the correct direction

your logic is like saying that 1800s US settlers are dumb for being happy, because a disproportionate amount of the empty genocided continent belonged to rich people instead of them and would inevitably turn into a clusterfuck centuries down the line. They ain't care, europe was a crowded shithole

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Living standards in India aren't exactly going up at any appreciable rate though, and the data on poverty rates is very questionable https://www.dw.com/en/indias-poverty-debate-truth-behind-the-numbers/a-68062699

I guess if they just polled the 1% of people raking it in, then I'm sure they're really happy.