They require the same "economic" power to uplift out of poverty,

its not as if 2 of those 3 were tiny, but strategically placed ports vs china, with a literal continent's worth of people

  • GnastyGnuts [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    Neolibs are dumbasses, that's all. They see a graph and lines and shit and assume it says something to endorse them. Also at one point a solid chunk of the people there believed that GDP is the sum of all wealth in existence (I desperately wish I could still find that old reddit thread to mock those dipshits), which is funny because they don't know the meaning of the things the prioritize.

    • Barabas [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      GDP is such a shit measurement. It makes sense that neolibs love it, because if you privatize something that raises the GDP since people will inevitably have to pay more. The US health system is amazing from a GDP standpoint, even if it is horribly inefficient.

      • SoyViking [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        A car crash raises GDP because it means extra ambulance trips and hospital stays.

        • Thordros [he/him, comrade/them]
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          edit-2
          4 years ago

          9/11 was amazing for GDP! The tech bubble had just burst, and a major recession was looming. The economy was safe until 2008!

          Osama Bin Laden saved The Line. :amerikkka-clap: :stonks-up:

      • opposide [none/use name]
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        4 years ago

        I love talking about this. The private healthcare industry is 20% of America’s GDP lol

    • CarlTheRedditor [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      Neoliberal thought:

      1. Have a position/argument that you favor

      2. Fuck around with data and invent a graph that "proves" your argument

      3. Repeatedly point at the graph

      • GnastyGnuts [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        I'm not sure, I wanna say it was 2018 or later, specifically it was in response to something Bernie wanted to do with healthcare or something, and they were trying to make the case that it would cost more than there was money on earth/ money in the US because it would cost more than the global/ or US GDP or something, which they thought was the sum of all money.

    • vorenza [any]
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      4 years ago

      Wait, i thought neoliberals didn't care about GDP? Aren't people who care about that Keynesian?