We are also seeing peak China. Their demographic problems will be a severe drag going forward. It’ll be a multi-power world, not a Chinese hegemony.

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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.

We live in a post-truth society. Facts don’t matter anymore. Sadly.

I think her lawyer is probably thinking that, if the files are released, he has an argument he can use to legally maneuver around her appeal and get her a better outcome (from her point of view).

If her complaint results in the files not being released, then she presses Trump even harder for a presidential pardon.

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

https://i.imgur.com/DaZqArg.png

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.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lone_wolf_terrorism

I’ll be honest, I do not know, but I’m always more worried about where it’ll end-up over where it is right now. Even if it is all local for now, it is a small tweak for that to change. Just a small decision by a few people and everything changes. I don’t have enough trust to believe that decision won’t be made.

How so?

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

Try this --> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(PPP)_per_capita

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.