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> You're the richest nation on earth* *On paper
by peteradio 5y ago
> You're the richest nation on earth*
*On paper
- maxerickson 5y agoThe material abundance here is obvious, it's not just on paper.
- jachee 5y agoHow else does one track “richest” anything? On paper is what matters when counting wealth. That said, the gap between capability and actuality of spending that your parent comment is lamenting is the gap for that on-paper wealth not being used for real-world-improving actions, and instead being used to increase the on-paper wealth of a tiny minority of wealth-holders.