By the yardstick that both the CIA and the IMF have adopted as the single best measure of national economies, China now has the largest economy in the world.

Triton420 , 1 month ago

The CIA metrics were big when I was in Econ classes

Enkers , 1 month ago

The US is struggling to even maintain its democracy, and all the while, excessive wealth extraction is strangling its economy. They’re stagnating, so it’s not at all surprising that a country with 4x the population would overtake it eventually.

freagle , 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago)

What are you talking about “struggling to maintain it’s democracy”. Have you read the founding documents and the letters among the nation’s founders? “We must protect the opulent minority. The Senate will be that body”. The Electoral College. The 3/5s compromise was not a moral thing, it was a power thing - it gave slave owners more votes. The USA’s democracy is functioning exactly as it was designed and isn’t straying from that path in the least.

dessalines , 1 month ago

The US is not a democracy, it’s a capitalist dictatorship.

AntiOutsideAktion , 1 month ago

🐷 Quick! Invent another way to package mortgages!