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You mean if there was a strong implication that there wasn't a genuine choice, but an adaptation to hardship brought on by human rights abuses and an authoritarian government? Call me hypocritical, but no. I don't think I'd have the same reaction.


- You are living a certain life and don't know a different world exists

- You are living a certain life and don't have the means nor the inclination to change it

- You are living a certain life, can probably strive for something more, but choose not to

Can people be equally happy/content in all these situations?


You can’t just boil an entire life down to a single metric like being happy/content. Many things (like freedom) may even decrease “happiness” yet also have deeper value.




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