In Norway, status is relatively secure with less extreme inequality and less movement between status positions, whereas in the United States at current inequality levels (greatest since the 1920s), there is a precarious middle class and a huge swelling bottom, leading to more people showing submission gestures.
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Johann HariEvidence Quote
“If you live in Norway, your status is relatively secure... If you live in the United States, especially today which is we're now at the greatest levels of inequality since the 1920s, there's a few people at the very top, there's a kind of precarious middle, and there's a huge and swelling bottom”
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7 dimensions of depression, explained | Daniel Goleman, Pete Holmes & more | Big Think— Big ThinkCreated: 8/10/2026, 11:14:16 PM
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