@jacksonhinkle You idiot. There's no other way for two right handed men to shake hands without actually facing each other. Which they weren't because this was a photo pose opportunity only. You are pathetic, dude. Really weak.
@WhileTravelling Now do the poverty level of citizens within each country. China still has hundreds of millions who are in poverty. Still need to work on that. Still room for growth.
When people compare the US and Chinese economies purely based on GDP numbers, as an economist I laugh a little.
GDP has become the world’s favorite economic scoreboard because it is politically convenient. But the problem is that GDP often measures activity, not necessarily economic well-being, resilience, or productive reality.
A country can have people drowning in debt, paying absurd healthcare costs, juggling three jobs, unable to buy homes, stressed about retirement, and still produce a gigantic GDP number. Congratulations. The spreadsheet is thriving while the population is exhausted.
GDP also heavily rewards financialization and consumption. If money changes hands, GDP gets excited. It does not necessarily ask whether that activity improved long-term economic stability, industrial capability, or quality of life.
This is why I keep saying that PRODUCTIVE CAPACITY MATTERS.
America cannot manufacture everything at scale anymore. China can. Almost everything. From solar panels to drones, EV batteries to ports, textiles to robotics, industrial machinery to high-speed rail systems. That is economic power.
Then there is the purchasing power reality people ignore while obsessing over nominal GDP rankings.
Many Americans today are working multiple jobs just to survive rising rent, healthcare costs, education debt, and inflation.
Many Chinese urban families maintain relatively comfortable lifestyles with one stable job, supported by modern infrastructure, public transportation, lower service costs, and a culture of savings rather than permanent debt consumption.
Economists are supposed to analyze systems honestly, not emotionally. GDP is useful, but treating it like the ultimate measure of success is like judging someone’s health purely based on body weight. It tells you something. Just not enough.
Real economic strength is about whether your society can produce, build, transport, innovate, scale, afford life, and maintain long-term stability without burning out its population in the process.
That conversation is much more uncomfortable than posting GDP charts on social media, which is exactly why we should probably have it more often.
The cops did nothing wrong! How can these leftist watch this video and say that it was because of racism? He literally shot the cop point blank! You know how he could have avoided being shot 20 times? Dont shoot a cop. Pretty simple logic!
@RyanRozbiani Yeah, god forbid you acknowledge something impressive or interesting about a building you're in while in another country, huh? Smdh. You people are just pathetic.
@Sarcastic112@76547654654546g@prinkasusa No, it wasn’t. Pitching a tantrum bc someone corrects you is sad, honestly. And yes, women ARE victims of medical misogyny, daily. You not wanting to admit that simple fact doesn’t make it any less true
If a man's testosterone dropped to menopausal levels overnight...He'd be hospitalized. But when a woman loses her progesterone, estrogen, and testosterone, has a sluggish thyroid & insulin resistance? She's told to go vegan, do more cardio & take magnesium. Meanwhile, her metabolism tanks, joints ache, and brain fog sets in. This isn't wellness. It's medical gaslighting.
@jsin876@76547654654546g@prinkasusa Wow. Your status as a victim is supreme. Your wording was generalized which did imply all. Maybe study English? Good luck in life!
@Sarcastic112@76547654654546g@prinkasusa Nowhere did I say ALL. But yes, as a woman who talks to many other women & reads, medical misogyny is still rampant. A woman on the ship w hantavirus had symptoms & they told her it was ANXIETY. Menopause is FAR more complicated than what men go thru. So please just shut up
Oh really? All doctors tell all women this? smdh. People get different advice. Again the POINT of this was that the original post is claiming that there's some kind of conspiracy against women because men have all these other options while women are just told about diet, etc. Which was wrong. That's all.
@76547654654546g@Sarcastic112@prinkasusa And what are you basing this on, Mr Bunchanumbers? I’ll agree that most aren’t specifically told to go vegan, but we ARE told that simple diet changes should cure the issues (which has been proven false)
@jsin876@prinkasusa Well, no kidding! Not every MAN can use it either. So??? The idea of the post...assuming you were able to comprehend it, was claiming that men had options like HRT while 'poor women' are fobbed off on vegan diets and the like. Patently false. So who looks like an idiot? 🤣
@Sarcastic112@prinkasusa Not everyone can use HRT. I and MANY breast cancer survivors cannot bc it would literally feed our cancer, make it grow & come back. Maybe educate yourself a little before looking like an idiot
@TemooTitan This is so stupid. People want to act like this is only the case in America? LOL. This is how businesses, especially big business work. Across the world!
@iluminatibot No way. This is a BS story. No way that paying almost the full amount of the loan back at only 8% interest would leave you owning even more than the original loan. Don't fall for the manipulation, people!
American takes out a student loan for $8,645.
After years of payments, he’s paid $7,450.
His current balance? $8,750.
He pays $7,450 — and somehow owes MORE than the original loan.
This is usury, and it should be illegal
@fOx1257067 I think it's a bit of both. On a societal level we have demonstrable break down and decay. In addition, social media makes any and all cases like this visible. But no question, this is happening a lot more than it did decades ago!
Houston honestly feels like it’s turning into a live-action video game lately.
A driver reportedly went flying through traffic, slamming into multiple vehicles, even a police cruiser, in the middle of the day like nothing around him was real anymore.
And the weird part is… these videos don’t even shock people like they used to.
Every week now it’s road rage, somebody snapping in public, reckless driving, people acting completely disconnected from everything around them.
Feels like everybody’s stress level is permanently stuck at maximum.
Do you think people are actually becoming more unhinged lately, or is social media just exposing what’s always been there?