Quality of life are factors that can be subjective and
intangible such as equal protection of the law, freedom from discrimination,
right to vote, free choice of employment ,etc. In addition, Quality of life can
be things that we cannot buy with money such as rights, freedom and uniformity.
On other hand, we have the standard of living which for some people is a
priority because of the level of comfort, wealth, material goods and
necessities that a certain socioeconomic class can have. However, comparing
between standard of living and quality of life might depend on the life perspective
that everyone could have or the way of thinking of each person.
Quality
of life is most important than standard of living because no matter what good
material things one person can have, that person cannot buy a high quality of
life. For example, when I used to live in my country Venezuela I had a good
standard of living and also quality of live at the same time but I have been
changing by the time. It means that in the past 5 years my country have had a
low quality of life and also a low standard of living because of the government ideologies that it
has been implemented in the country such as a higher inflation rate, high cost
of goods and services and others. Moreover, Venezuela has a high deficit of freedom
of movement, the right of privacy and the right to vote has been played by the government.
In conclusion, Venezuela is a beautiful country where the standard of living is
very low for people who don’t like the government and also the quality of life
is extremely low because the rights and freedom have stolen by the government
administration.
