[aritztg]

Interesting thing to think about, yes.

Who knows if people from Bangladesh had found oil in the 50s, maybe today some Bangladeshi would have written a post about hard work and good quality of life, ignoring this particular ingredient.

[bojan]

While it is a point, the fact is that other Nordic countries, Benelux, and France all have similar attitudes to the work-life balance, and not all of them have access to infinite money like Norway does.

[the-dude]

The Netherlands is infamous for the Dutch disease, courtesy of our natural gas resources.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_disease

[bojan]

Correct me if I am wrong, but I think a vast majority of that money went to building bicycle and traffic infrastructure. We did not put it in the savings like Norway did.

We'll see soon how we will manage without that income - if they do actually shut down the fields.

[mbrodersen]

Norway already was and would continue to be successful without oil. Bangladeshi is one of the most corrupt and disfunctional countries in the world. Oil would have made the situation worse not better. Google “oil curse” to see what happens to most countries when oil is found.

[cfrs]

That is questionable, people from Russia and Saudi Arabia had found way more oil in mid XX

[aritztg]

Nobody said it was the only ingredient. Culture helps, as the wealth.