The other aspect of happiness that we've also been round the ET houses with earlier is 'Dignity'. Hard to define beyond "the state of being worthy of honor or respect", but a state that it essential IMO for happiness. It is a state that has nothing to do with celebrity, and nothing to do with money or ownership, though having these does not preclude conicident individual dignity. You can't be me, I'm taken
I also hoped your diary on "quality of life" would go further-- seems a fundamental issue for anyone who would dare to prescribe or proscribe. Ah, well. "There is mysterious music in democracy, when people decide to believe in themselves." ---Bill Greider, The Nation.