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90. If America Is a Train Wreck, Why Am I Doing Fine?

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I wouldn't intentionally go to a hospital and ask them to operate on me or give me uh Coca-Cola enema. I'm Angela Duckworth. I'm Steven Dubner. And you're listening to no stupid questions. Today on the show. If Americans are generally happy as individuals.

Why are we so frustrated as a nation? We're going to hell in a handbasket. as a country, but my own life is pretty good. Angela, I recently came across a Gallup poll. Which found that only seventeen percent of Americans are currently satisfied with the direction of the United States.

That's a little depressing. Not so surprising, and I will say That number has been falling over recent years in the US. But here's the thing. The same pole.

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