Interests: Linux, Economics, Politics, & Religion.


Are you telling me that socialists don’t purchase? Even intragovernmental transactions count as purchases.


Look up the data yourself, then. It is the same no matter who looks it up.


War in Venezuela? Yes, it’s war in Venezuela.


On another platform, someone claimed he was maronite christian. I guess I’ll have to wait until someone asks him in an interview. 🤷
Social security does need reform. There’s no reason we should cap contributions. We also need more nuance by ability and type of work one does when we determine retirement ages.


Once they make it a habit of destroying ships in the Russian shadow fleet, availability of crews and insurance will dry up, further reducing Russian economic power, pushing Russia closer to the tipping point. Ukraine doesn’t need to destroy them all, just make it so most ships are unwilling to do Russia’s business.


Check out this chart. Tell me how migration numbers correlate with density.


You are going to have to explain why PPP isn’t appropriate for non-capitalist countries. Besides, what country isn’t capitalist in this analysis? A country calling itself communist does not make it so.


These are not my numbers. They come both from the IMF and the World Bank. Chinese GDP per capita PPP is only $29k. By the same measure, the US is $60k. You don’t have to believe it. Yes, China is cheap, but low prices produce low incomes to those selling their goods and services.


Sorry, I thought you were commenting on [email protected], who suggested to “have anyone who is following the lord leap off a cliff.”


Alabama = $53,061
Germany = 59,993
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_GDP
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(nominal)_per_capita


Even per capita with PPP, China is only $29k. By the same measure, the US is $60k.


That’s an odd measure. The population of the country being immigrated to doesn’t seem to have a lot to do with which country an immigrant will want to go to. Immigrants want to go to the place that’ll give them the best opportunity. By all measures, the US, Canada, and western Europe are the places people want to go. China isn’t.


Are you familiar with purchasing power parity? It is a measure that specifically takes into account local costs of rent, transportation, food, etc. Check it out --> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purchasing_power_parity


How did this person’s life work out? I would love to hear more about that story.


A generations’ percent of wealth always increases as they get older.
Funny, I run a script on my work computer that let’s me move it. I like it on the top.