• CosmoNova@lemmy.world
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    22 hours ago

    Generally it‘s probably not a good idea to tie this to a single metric but religion could be a part of it. I would guess a strong social state is the bigger factor however. Perhaps all these things go hand in hand.

    • Mirror Giraffe@piefed.social
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      19 hours ago

      All the Nordics and Costa Rica are strong welfare states which lets people live more freely as they know there is a security net to cover your basic needs if things go south.