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These three places all have about the same population size (lemmy.world)
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[–] 4 points 1 week ago (1 child)

It's not surprising because GDP does not reflect quality of life in any form whatsoever. GDP is not a measure of wealth it's a measure of feverish, extractive, mindless and destructive activity.

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    Sure, when you go to the store and buy food so you don't starve, that's mindless destructive activity. /s

    It's definitely not a measure of wealth, if you know what it is, because it's more of a proxy for income and productivity. And in the end, it correlates decently well with actual lifestyles. (Quality of life is more nebulous; there's miserable rich people and happy hut-dwellers)

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