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Re:A Solution for Loneliness: Get out and volunteer, researc... by Apocryphon on Tuesday May 21, 2019 @05:28PM (#19975260)
Are they? Much of Europe and Japan have fallen into economic doldrums with declining birth rates, and fallen prey to advancing right-wing populist movements. But then Poland is quite religious and far rightists are taking root there as well, so maybe religion isn’t the sticking factor.
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Re:A Solution for Loneliness: Get out and volunteer, researc... by sjy on Tuesday May 21, 2019 @06:38PM (#19975850)
It's also notable that those countries don't have noticeably worse standards of living than countries with a state religion or less religious freedom, and Europe attracts many migrants from such countries.
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Re:A Solution for Loneliness: Get out and volunteer, researc... by jacquesm on Tuesday May 21, 2019 @05:33PM (#19975290)
> But then Poland is quite religious

And the United States as well.

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