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The roots of America’s unhappiness

12 November 2022

9:00 AM

12 November 2022

9:00 AM

New York

An American columnist whose writing I used to enjoy until his bosses signalled to him that activism is more important than journalism recently reported that Americans are unhappier now than they have ever been. Especially in places that voted for The Donald. Apparently, a pollster found that Trump got the most votes in places where people felt the unhappiest.

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