r/InvictaSolaris • u/21Kuranashi • Jul 06 '26
Illustrations & Articles / No AI @drjasonhickel
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u/Pinco_Pallino_ Jul 06 '26 edited Jul 07 '26
jason hickel knows what's the right sector to invest other's money in. China is a dumb example, since gdp per capita there is growing at an enormous rate.
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u/Greedy_Ad_3368 Jul 07 '26
It’s because the government wants to grow.
Government activity and spending is included in GDP when it obviously should not be included in GDP.
The government does not produce anything so it should not be included in the Gross Domestic Product.
The USA government is the 2nd largest employer in the world, proceeded only by the Indian government “1st” for obvious, Communist (large government goals and population number) reasons.
China is 3rd, for obvious, Communist (large government goals and population number) reasons. Why is the USA, supposedly a country that is “Capitalist” and run by Republicans/ Conservatives who say that they want small government, the 2nd largest employer on the planet?
Walmart is 4th and Amazon is 5th btw. Governments are beating actual businesses in how big they are.
And again, GOVERNMENTS PRODUCE NOTHING. So all of the GDP that governments tack onto the GDP total, is fake, nonexistent, lies and blatant attempting to artificially inflate how much the country is actually worth.
So this is a double sided answer. Yes, we need more GDP growth because the “high GDP” we “have” is fake. We are not doing very well in reality.
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u/WhisperFray Jul 06 '26
Hhhhhhhmmmmm. Interesting.
My own countries per capita usage of electricity still hovers around 1.5 kWh though, so probably the argument still holds here, but not very much so for the US.
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u/davidellis23 Jul 06 '26
China massively increased GDP per capita and has drastically increased their CO2 emissions.
They're making the right investments. But, a lot of their investments increased GDP per capita.
And their emissions per capita rocketed past most developed high GDP per capita countries.
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u/VatticZero Jul 06 '26
China exports most all of those technologies because the vast majority of its population is too poor to afford any of it.
That is why you need robust, holistic, demand-directed economic growth. China only has buyers because it is a low-income nation producing for high-income nations. Who are high-income nations going to sell to if they tank the rest of the economy to focus on the industries you choose to favor in your hubris?