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  14.  @kristiansandsmark2048  One of the most delusional point I saw that you're buying into is this absurd notion of the "West" prosperity is due to this "free trade" and "maritime societies". I'm very sure that you have no idea what either of those words even mean. I'll give you a clue, that's not the reason why the current West is "prosperous". Here's a fundamental historical knowledge, kingdoms, countries have been engaging in economic activities, achieving technological breakthrough long before the existence of the current "Western society". The world history is long and it's not just the last 200 years, even though you might want to lie to yourself about it. The current prosperity of "the West", or to be more correct, the US Empire is because of how devastating WW2 is to all of the other competing power around the globe. The US Empire is leave in tact and rise as the victor, claiming most of the spoil despite hiding away for most of the war, that spoil of war, which includes the poaching of everying promising scientist and engineer around the world, that's what leads to the US prosperity. That and of course China and Russia strategical mistake of adopting "socialism" instead of their common tradition of common trading between businesses. Here's another fact that you probably never even heard of. Free market also existed long before the existence of "Western society". People have been trading with each other, under the form of merchant, craftsmen since the ancient time. And that system of people trading with each other has been unlocking human productivity since the ancient times, it's not a Western invention of any kind. So the West poaching of talents plus the standard application of free market plus China and Russia losing their way for about 50 years is what lead to the current prosperity being enjoyed by the West. Nothing exceptional here, you're just very lucky at that specific point in time after WW2. Now such "lucky" scenario is changing, rapidly. Both Russia and China have gone off the socialist regime and they have returned to the standard free market economy that should have been adopted from the first place. And they're catching up, making up time for the lost 50 years or so. China started earlier than Russia, under Deng Xiaoping in the 70s, and Russia started in the 2000s under Putin. They are catching up, they are ascending, while you're declining. Now there are many factors to your declining but the declining is obvious in your share of the global output. China and Russia share has been steadily rising, while your share is decreasing. The most obvious marker is the BRICS and G7 comparison. Now the BRICS+ is the world leading economy bloc, no doubt about it. Now you might be confused about why these countries are ascending, well it's quite simple, and this simplicity shall break your fantasy completely. It's the idea of economic convergence proposed by Adam Smith. It's that the productivity of a person, regardless of race or ethnicity, given the same amount of education and the same amount of resources shall be the same. Meaning that a person in China is just as smart as a person in US or UK, the same with a person in Russia. But the imbalances here where it will show why they're ascending and you're declining, is that the people in Russia has way more natural resources than you in US. And the people in China has way more education than the ones in the US. So get over yourself, buddy, this isn't the 1800s, this isn't the 1900s, this is the 21st century.
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  15.  @kristiansandsmark2048  One of the most delusional point I saw that you're buying into is this absurd notion of the "West" prosperity is due to this "free trade" and "maritime societies". I'm very sure that you have no idea what either of those words even mean. I'll give you a clue, that's not the reason why the current West is "prosperous". Here's a fundamental historical knowledge, kingdoms, countries have been engaging in economic activities, achieving technological breakthrough long before the existence of the current "Western society". The world history is long and it's not just the last 200 years, even though you might want to lie to yourself about it. The current prosperity of "the West", or to be more correct, the US Empire is because of how devastating WW2 is to all of the other competing power around the globe. The US Empire is leave in tact and rise as the victor, claiming most of the spoil despite hiding away for most of the war, that spoil of war, which includes the poaching of everying promising scientist and engineer around the world, that's what led to the US prosperity. That and of course China and Russia strategical mistake of adopting "socialism" instead of their common tradition of common trading between businesses. Here's another fact that you probably never even heard of. Free market also existed long before the existence of "Western society". People have been trading with each other, under the form of merchant, craftsmen since the ancient time. And that system of people trading with each other has been unlocking human productivity since the ancient times, it's not a Western invention of any kind. So the West poaching of talents plus the standard application of free market plus China and Russia losing their way for about 50 years is what lead to the current prosperity being enjoyed by the West. Nothing exceptional here, you're just very lucky at that specific point in time after WW2. Now such "lucky" scenario is changing, rapidly. Both Russia and China have gone off the socialist regime and they have returned to the standard free market economy that should have been adopted from the first place. And they're catching up, making up time for the lost 50 years or so. China started earlier than Russia, under Deng Xiaoping in the 70s, and Russia started in the 2000s under Putin. They are catching up, they are ascending, while you're declining. Now there are many factors to your declining but the declining is obvious in your share of the global output. China and Russia share has been steadily rising, while your share is decreasing. The most obvious marker is the BRICS and G7 comparison. Now the BRICS+ is the world leading economy bloc, no doubt about it. Now you might be confused about why these countries are ascending, well it's quite simple. It's the idea of economic convergence proposed by Adam Smith. It's that the productivity of a person, regardless of race or ethnicity, given the same amount of education and the same amount of resources shall be the same. Meaning that a person in China is just as smart as a person in US or UK, the same with a person in Russia. But the imbalances here where it will show why they're ascending and you're declining, is that the people in Russia has way more natural resources than you in US. And the people in China has way more education than the ones in the US. So get over yourself, this isn't the 1800s, this isn't the 1900s, this is the 21st century.
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  16.  @kristiansandsmark2048  One of the most inaccurate point I saw that you're buying into is this absurd notion of the "West" prosperity is due to this "free trade" and "maritime societies". I'm very sure that you have no idea what either of those words even mean. I'll give you a clue, that's not the reason why the current West is "prosperous". Here's a fundamental historical knowledge, kingdoms, countries have been engaging in economic activities, achieving technological breakthrough long before the existence of the current "Western society". The world history is long and it's not just the last 200 years, even though you might want to lie to yourself about it. The current prosperity of "the West", or to be more correct, the US Empire is because of how devastating WW2 is to all of the other competing power around the globe. The US Empire is leave in tact and rise as the victor, claiming most of the spoil despite hiding away for most of the war, that spoil of war, which includes the poaching of everying promising scientist and engineer around the world, that's what led to the US prosperity. That and of course China and Russia strategical mistake of adopting "socialism" instead of their common tradition of common trading between businesses. Here's another fact that you probably never even heard of. Free market also existed long before the existence of "Western society". People have been trading with each other, under the form of merchant, craftsmen since the ancient time. And that system of people trading with each other has been unlocking human productivity since the ancient times, it's not a Western invention of any kind. So the West poaching of talents plus the standard application of free market plus China and Russia losing their way for about 50 years is what lead to the current prosperity being enjoyed by the West. Nothing exceptional here, you're just very lucky at that specific point in time after WW2. Now such "lucky" scenario is changing, rapidly. Both Russia and China have gone off the socialist regime and they have returned to the standard free market economy that should have been adopted from the first place. And they're catching up, making up time for the lost 50 years or so. China started earlier than Russia, under Deng Xiaoping in the 70s, and Russia started in the 2000s under Putin. They are catching up, they are ascending, while you're declining. Now there are many factors to your declining but the declining is obvious in your share of the global output. China and Russia share has been steadily rising, while your share is decreasing. The most obvious marker is the BRICS and G7 comparison. Now the BRICS+ is the world leading economy bloc, no doubt about it. Now you might be confused about why these countries are ascending, well it's quite simple. It's the idea of economic convergence proposed by Adam Smith. It's that the productivity of a person, regardless of race or ethnicity, given the same amount of education and the same amount of resources shall be the same. Meaning that a person in China is just as smart as a person in US or UK, the same with a person in Russia. But the imbalances here where it will show why they're ascending and you're declining, is that the people in Russia has way more natural resources than you in US. And the people in China has way more education than the ones in the US. So get over yourself, this isn't the 1800s, this isn't the 1900s, this is the 21st century.
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