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We weren't talking about GDP though were we. We were talking about wages and pay. GDP may be high but it is concentrated in very few hands, hence you get daft j
by rcarr 4y ago
We weren't talking about GDP though were we. We were talking about wages and pay. GDP may be high but it is concentrated in very few hands, hence you get daft job advertisements like this and you get stats saying that average wages in UK will be overtaken by Eastern European nations within the next ten years who have historically been much poorer. And if you really want to get into GDP, Britain has been sliding further down that GDP leader board for a while now with no signs of stopping.
- dukeyukey 4y agoOf the top 10 countries for median salary, 7 are monarchies. Out of the three countries above the US, all are monarchies. None of the countries above the US had an empire, and two were a part of other nations empires. Source: https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/median-income-by-country https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/median-in...
- rcarr 4y agoLooks like you are right again. I do still think my original sentiment is true though even if the current data does not support it. I suspect (or at least hope) that in 100 or 200 years the democracies will out earn the monarchies. Personally, I think the gold standard political system everyone should be aspiring to is Switzerland.