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warkdarrioryesterday at 5:02 PM2 repliesview on HN

The article shows that the decrease in happiness is across the board, so even the wealthy cohort (the upper arm of the K-shaped chart) is unhappy.


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pkilgoreyesterday at 8:38 PM

Did I miss the breakdown by class/wealth? I saw a bunch of other cross tabs. Not that one.

shimmanyesterday at 8:01 PM

Yeah but the point is that Derek Thompson commonly rejects political materialism in favor of supporting the capitalist class and attacking unions (see his comments at Centristfest 2025).

Hard to not see him as an enemy of change and in-favor of elites over workers.