personal debt still rising

the whole thing is dangerously unstable

Higher GDP means government and corporations have more power/capital...that's it.

Wages have grown if you account for benefits

What measure of average earning is there for the people?

http://cep.lse.ac.uk/pubs/download/dp1246.pdf

That's the true GDP in my eyes...not what corporations are raking in.

The Gini Coefficient is usually a better metric than GDP

It's about the people...fuck the country and corporations.

Sure, a country's GDP may rise but if that wealth is being distributed disproportionately does it really matter?

What is a country without it's people?

@Uriel Exactly.

Yeah Afghanistan is great with their 0.28 gini

question

GDP is a measure of the 1% wealth.

That wealth was slaved away for by the people.

They get none of it back.

Queef do you think the 1% create wealth for the people lol?

This whole obsession with equality is stupid

No one is equal

No one is equal...but they should be treated as such.

That's the law.

The most equalizing force on the planet.

morally outrageous @fannybandit

does being wooed by my girlfriend make me a soyboy? she was even the one who started our conversations

Idk.

talking to women makes you a soyboy

im told

I don't necessarily advocate for total equality in the sense that all residents of a country are earning a similar wage; what does concern me, however, is the reality of individuals making 450K living a twenty minute drive from people who cannot sustain themselves

@Nicholas91 Morals should be the foundation of function among the people and in a nation.

Without morals, we have nothing to talk or argue about.

agreed

At the very least, in wealthy countries I would expect that every individual should have the mere capacity to lead a healthy life

Exactly.

Otherwise, what's the point of government?

That's where the debate gets interesting

To keep funneling money from the poor to the rich?

The huge divide is that some believe a Government simply exists to give the simplest protections (property rights, safety, and only a few more things) vs. others who believe the Government exists to ensure that all citizens are able to lead a "good" or at least modest life

So 21st century is going to be interesting. Where do you think major conflicts will occur

@Nicholas91 This isn 1999 pal.

Nowhere.