I’m very much enjoying Chuck Colson’s My Final Word, which is a collection of his previously unpublished short articles. While I don’t agree with everything Colson wrote, much of it is wise, timely, and helpful. For instance, in one short article from around ten years ago he noted a puzzling fact: even though the United States and Britain both were doing quite well economically, their leaders were detested by so many of their citizens. Why is this? Why are so many people so angry? Colson wondered. Here’s his two part answer, which I’ve edited for length:
1) The more people have, the angrier they get. Witness the fact that America is regarded as one of the most unhappy nations on earth, according to recent studies. We take more tranquilizers than any other people, and yet we have an extremely high standard of living. The happiest people, according to…
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