Russian troops land in Venzuela

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(03-25-2019, 09:34 PM)Dill Wrote: Yeah, Europe (even Eastern and Southern Europe), Japan and the U.S. have it pretty good.
I'd say quality of life was pretty high in Qatar too.

Economics is part of it, but also security, freedom of speech and association, and various levels of "sociality."  Where there is security, people can be pretty happy with less than 10,000 a year. 

Unless you were an immigrant that composed of 90% of their labor force, trapped under the kafala system where you literally couldn't leave the country without your employer's permission while you worked in the 110+ degree sun and hoped they decided to pay you anything, living in crowded rooms together with large amounts of other immigrant laborers. Oh, and about 500 of you die a year from heart attacks, sun stroke, and unsafe work conditions.

But as a citizen, sure, I imagine it's fairly nice since none of the hard work isn't done by you.  

(There was a whole lot of coverage on this matter a few years back when Qatar totally-didn't-bribe their way into winning the FIFA 2022 bid, and the workers building the stadiums were dying at a rate of about 1 a day. Brought a lot of global outcry.)