WanderingRusski

South Korea 🇰🇷 (left) already has significantly fewer births than North Korea 🇰🇵 (right). 🇰🇷 - 272,337 (2020) 🇰🇵 - 343,000 (2020)

I’m seeing this sentiment quite a bit, but I think it fundamentally misunderstands how people perceive wealth in the 21st century. Much of America’s wealth is effectively invisible. The country can lose billions through waste, inefficiency, or corruption and barely notice the impact (the Somali Minnesota daycare scandal is one example). Wealth is reflected less in visible infrastructure and more in things like high salaries, retirement security, and access to the world’s most advanced healthcare. Football fans aren’t necessarily going to be impressed by those things because they are difficult to see. Most Europeans have little idea how wealthy Americans actually are. Walking around New York, for example, they are likely to see cities that feel familiar in many ways: older buildings, historic neighbourhoods, and dense urban environments similar to European ones, albeit with more skyscrapers. Even the huge stadiums, while visually impressive, may strike some visitors as more extravagant than evidence of everyday prosperity. They are also going to use subways full of graffiti, crazy people, rats, and fare dodgers. A useful comparison is China. Someone visiting a Chinese city might come away thinking China is exceptionally wealthy because of its infrastructure: the modern airports, high-speed rail, and newly built urban areas (pictured). But they would be drawing conclusions from what is most visible rather than from the underlying reality. China remains significantly poorer than the United States on a per capita basis. In both cases, the average person is misled by what they see.

🚨 An estimated 500,000 children have died since Trump destroyed USAID.

🚨 The Supreme Court left in place a ruling that courts may consider the lived experiences associated with a suspect's race when determining whether a reasonable Black person would feel free to leave a police encounter. Justice Alito dissented, joined by Justice Thomas.

What if GTA 6 actually lets us wait for our burger order to be prepared instead of instantly handing it to us?

The UK used to be twice as rich as South Korea. Now, South Korea is richer than the UK.

Waiting for the far-right to condemn and protest in Edinburgh following the sickening axe attack committed by this white guy.

Today my friend is a very difficult day for us Pain and sadness Today is the day you returned home forever Unfortunately on the shield 😭😭😭😭😭 Today brother you are forever 24 years old You were a man with a very kind heart 😭😭 Forever in our hearts Let's bow our heads to the hero 🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡