Dennis PragerFounder, PragerU · Founder of PragerU | NYT best-selling author

Who is Happier? The Left or the Right?

7 Apr 2025 · 1 min

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In this excerpt from Dennis Prager's commentary, he argues that the prevailing ideology that portrays many Americans as victims undermines happiness, whereas a contrasting narrative that emphasizes gratitude for being American fosters greater happiness. He poses a rhetorical question asking which group—those who feel grateful or those who feel oppressed—will be happier, setting up a comparison between left-leaning victimhood narratives and right-leaning gratitude narratives.

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This entire ideology that is telling vast numbers of Americans, "You are victims." Can't be happy if you think you're a victim. It's just the way it is. And there's another side that tries to tell people, "You are really lucky to be an American." Now, which group of Americans do you think will be happier? Those who feel grateful to be an American? Or those who feel oppressed being an American?