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| Vilhelm Hammershoi, 1864-1916 |
In Denmark, there is a very different understanding of what "freedom" means. In that country, they have gone a long way to ending the enormous anxieties that come with economic insecurity. Instead of promoting a system which allows a few to have enormous wealth, they have developed a system which guarantees a strong minimal standard of living to all -- including the children, the elderly and the disabled.
Senator Bernie Sanders
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I just watched a documentary called Happy. Denmark is apparently a country witha very high rate of happiness.
ReplyDeleteI just recently found out that on my mother's side, instead of being German as we had thought our whole lives, we're Danish. Maybe it's time for a trip to check out our genetic roots.
ReplyDeleteSounds like heaven. I think that Norway is very similar in many ways.
ReplyDeleteI'm so cynical though, that I don't believe the Very Wealthy and All Powerful in this country are ever going to give up their "right" to their wealth and their power and thus-we'll never be able to have a system like this. And our citizens (me too) are too concerned with bullshit to try and change that.
I despair. And do nothing.
I read with frank envy. So civilized. To not have economic anxiety, I can barely imagine it.
ReplyDeleteI'd like to spend a six-month hiatus there.
ReplyDeleteI do love that man and the fact that his wisdom keeps poking up in different places and times in my daily life. I hope that it signals a shift to a more empathetic way of leading. I certainly will do my part to share it far and wide. Thanks for highlighting this.
ReplyDeleteWhat a radical notion. (Written with more than a hint of sarcasm.)
ReplyDeleteBut how many great political and economic leaders has Denmark produced?!
ReplyDelete(I'm just yanking your chain. Of course I completely agree with you. I was trying to channel a Republican.)