> and yet despite adding more and more countries it has continued to decline as a share of world GDP please refer to this https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simp

> and yet despite adding more and more countries it has continued to decline as a share of world GDP please refer to this https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simpson%27s_paradox https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simpson%27s_paradox You don't understand how things works and so don't understand how much wrong you are. It's like saying that when rape became a crime, rape crimes skyrocketed... BUT, since you don't know how much you don't know, I'll leave you with this USA global GDP share 1980: 25% USA global GDP share 2021: 15% China global GDP share 1980: 10% China global GDP share 2021: 18.6% China GDP per capita in 1980 was only 2% of that of USA, now it's >65%