Individuals with conservative ideologies are happier than liberal-leaners, and new research pinpoints the reason: Conservatives rationalize social and economic inequalities.

egardless of marital status, income or church attendance, right-wing individuals reported greater life satisfaction and well-being than left-wingers, the new study found. Conservatives also scored highest on measures of rationalization, which gauge a person's tendency to justify, or explain away, inequalities.

The rationalization measure included statements such as: "It is not really that big a problem if some people have more of a chance in life than others," and "This country would be better off if we worried less about how equal people are."

Equality is a word without reference to something in reality. Equality of ability doesn't exist and this is what conservatives have recognized. However, we are not conservatives. We know society is broken in many ways, but refuse to trouble ourselves with concepts that are not realistic. Instead we focus on rebuilding and not worrying about the casualties because they will be too many to count - and why would we spend time on negativity when we have goals to achieve?