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Isn’t that a bit like saying that Australians are great at playing piano and singing songs and cracking jokes about religion because Tim Minchin exists?
by otikik 4y ago
Isn’t that a bit like saying that Australians are great at playing piano and singing songs and cracking jokes about religion because Tim Minchin exists?
- coldtea 4y agoNo, it's more like observing that a region with 30%+ of the world's population is rising (economically, influence, cultural appeal wise, and so in) and another with a paltry 350M one appears to have had its heyday... The US had a couple of Tim Minchins back in the 18th century too, and even up to the early 20th century it wasn't that much of a deal in terms of global cultural cachet. As for GDP terms it only surpassed Great Britain around 1880 and then had its global share peak in 1960. It's been downhill since.
- otikik 4y agoAh! I see. Have a wonderful day.
- imwillofficial 4y ago
- oarabbus_ 4y ago>As for GDP terms it only surpassed Great Britain around 1880 and then had its global share peak in 1960. It's been downhill since. If you have a bizarre, adversarial world where someone else's gain is your loss, then sure. In nominal terms it's been uphill since.