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[uuuhhii]

texas get the extra seat it wanted

time to see if this escalate

[BruceVC]

14 hours ago, Elerond said:

Tariffs has not had yet effect long enough that they would show anywhere but in  imf's prediction data which draws trend that shows that China will pass EU again in 2026.

And EU would have survived economically full trade war with USA, now long term it means that EU will slowly lose its US trade.

Yes and China passed the EU in 2022 and it was predicted to become the strongest economy in the world by 2030 if you read links like this 

https://trt.global/world/article/12768680

And that was influenced  because the UK had left the EU and its GDP wasnt counted 

Now in 2025 the EU has passed China again, the point being economic predictions are often wrong

But you right, this doesn't include US tariff impact and we will see that more accurately reflected at the end of the last quarter

And this will apply to all countries that include China. But we need time to see the impact of US tariffs on countries that export to the US 

 

 

 

[BruceVC]

3 hours ago, Lexx said:

Putting it into politics thread, because Project 2025 brainrot again. https://www.thegamer.com/steams-adult-content-ban-has-been-plotted-for-a-year/

That is a  problem, any suggestion to ban adult movies or  adult content must be rejected at all costs

I would even consider protesting if that happened in South Africa 

Im an adult, no one must dictate to me what I can or cant watch or what game I decide to play

As long as its legal of course and not things like paedophile content 

[HoonDing]

"texas get the extra seat it wanted

time to see if this escalate"

Newscum 2028!

[Zoraptor]

Reminder: the only GDP that really matters is the Purchase Price Parity variety. And really, GDP (PPP) per capita since that tells you how well the people it's relevant to are actually doing- or at least, is the best general and handy measurement of it there is. China is 78th, there.

GDP (nominal) is an awful measurement and it's use is responsible for a lot of extremely bad economic management.

[Elerond]

38 minutes ago, Zoraptor said:

Reminder: the only GDP that really matters is the Purchase Price Parity variety. And really, GDP (PPP) per capita since that tells you how well the people it's relevant to are actually doing- or at least, is the best general and handy measurement of it there is. China is 78th, there.

GDP (nominal) is an awful measurement and it's use is responsible for a lot of extremely bad economic management.

Even GDP (PPP) per capita isn't the greatest metric, as it doesn't show how capital has been divided in the country. Ireland is good example where GDP (PPP) per capita does not give accurate picture how much average Irish person has money, because they have inflated GDP because they have so many mega corporates flowing money through Ireland, but most of the Irish don't benefit from that money, because corporate taxes there are so low and corporations don't really invest in Ireland.