Its not "earl's chart", its CNBC's chart and thats how %s work. Heres an example with simple numbers:If the USA spent 4 and had a GDP of 10 thats 40%If Canada spent .2 and had a GDP of 2 thats 10%North America spent 4.2 out of 12 which is 35%It shouldn't be confusing if you're familiar with the NATO agreement because that is NATO's standard for member spending
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https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/russia-ukraine-days-war-vladimir-23880564Russia amasses 100k troops on Ukrainian border
4/9/2021 10:23:58 PM
Looks legit:https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-56678665
4/10/2021 5:00:35 PM
Biden just announced all troops out of arghanistan by sept 11. NATO just announced more troops moving to Germany to counter russia troop buildup.So we're looking at US+India+NATO vs Russia+China+IranNK is a wild card i think
4/13/2021 1:34:12 PM
https://www.forbes.com/sites/erictegler/2021/04/13/south-koreas-new-kf-21-fighter-is-more-an-alternative-to-chinese-influence-than-to-the-f-35/?sh=5b43a36f4763South Korea unveiled it's own home grown fighter jet that it's partnered with Indonesia to develop as a counter to China.[Edited on April 13, 2021 at 2:20 PM. Reason : ]
4/13/2021 2:19:20 PM
^Taiwan hates China, too; however, SK hates Japan, so that could get weird...But throw in Pakistan with Iran, China, Russia while we're at it. Myanmar is yet another wildcard, along with Belarus.
4/15/2021 1:30:19 PM
Taiwan and SK stand no chance of surviving as US allies in a hot war with China. Taiwan in particular will be brought to heel before any real conflict begins. As if China would allow a right-wing holdout government 100 miles off their coast to antagonize them in a global world war.
4/15/2021 4:02:49 PM
China and India are already shooting at each other in skirmishes, this could be the sparkThere's lots of flash points now, i don't really envy the Biden admin, they have a difficult balancing act to perform, otherwise the troops leaving Afghanistan will just be dumped into something else.
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4/15/2021 8:54:48 PM
Doesn't have to be a nuclear war to be a shitshow.
4/15/2021 10:17:10 PM
Fair enough. I'm actually far more worried about riots/domestic terrorist attacks/mass shootings and the fact that 50% of QOPers are still refusing to acknowledge the truth and are going to make COVID drag on for way longer than necessary.
4/15/2021 10:26:32 PM
Yes, this is concerning. Did you see Jim Jordan today?
4/15/2021 10:48:44 PM
https://112.international/ukraine-top-news/russia-to-block-kerch-strait-for-warships-for-six-months-60594.html
4/15/2021 10:50:09 PM
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4/16/2021 3:16:06 PM
A gigantic oil reserve was discovered in Guyana and has just started producing. You can't compare that to steady, planned, high growth over a period of 50 years.But you are right about GDP not being a totally accurate indicator. In fact, it's a lowball for a developing country like China, because subsistence agriculture isn't taken into account.[Edited on April 16, 2021 at 3:26 PM. Reason : .]
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An agrarian economy with relatively meager natural resources rising 6% per year for 50 years is nothing short of an economic miracle, as it is widely described by economists. You can argue around it all you want - their economy is anything but a failure. Btw it was also the only major economy to grow in 2020.And if you want to talk about a mature growth rate (2-3%), the US has underperformed over the past 15 years.[Edited on April 16, 2021 at 4:10 PM. Reason : .]
4/16/2021 4:07:13 PM
I never said their economy was a failure. I simply said there is much more to it than simply comparing growth rates. Do you continue to disagree?
4/16/2021 4:16:26 PM
Why don't you just MOVE there daaave if you love it so much?! [Edited on April 16, 2021 at 4:17 PM. Reason : These colors don't run!]
4/16/2021 4:17:23 PM
^^No, that's true.^Mandarin is too hard[Edited on April 16, 2021 at 4:19 PM. Reason : .]
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4/16/2021 5:25:44 PM
And on the environment, just one anecdote but Japan is dumping millions of tons of nuclear waste in the ocean and we thanked them for it for some reason??[Edited on April 16, 2021 at 5:35 PM. Reason : .]
4/16/2021 5:34:35 PM
^Domo arigato!
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4/16/2021 7:54:13 PM
Industrialization in the United States included things like "the abolition of slavery." Modern Chinese human rights violations include starting it back up again.Throwing around per capita statistics with China adds nothing to the discussion. Having a few hundred million subsistence farmers does wonders to bring down one's per capita emissions, etc.Industrial espionage no doubt exists to some extent everywhere, but in China it's state policy as opposed to something you can be successfully sued over.
4/16/2021 8:12:12 PM
And people wonder why Bernie Bros are considered by many to be far left radical extremists who support the CCP.I mean, daave isn't wrong about the fact that it's hypocritical to call out China for human rights abuses when our own LEOs routinely execute unarmed black people in this country, but as Grumpy pointed out, it's laughable to act as if China isn't one of the biggest polluters on the planet. See: the fishing and plastic industries.Recently, China has done extremely well in terms of infrastructure and creating a massive train network, setting up a 21st century Silk Road, along with opening ports/harbors to developing nations, acting as a slum lord in the process, but I think he needs to spend a bit more time talking to actual Chinese Americans, or let alone Chinese international students who are happy as fuck to be in a COVID shitshow cesspool of America instead of back in China, especially since they're given a free American college education, which has turned out to be quite pricey for most average US citizens.In many ways, I think Americans have a lot of misdirected hostility towards China, mostly stemming from sheer ignorance exacerbated by right wing talking points, but the Chinese government and its continued South China Sea chest thumping/aggression is not good.
4/19/2021 12:20:40 PM
^^You know as well as I do that the US didn’t actually abolish slavery during the industrial revolution. It continued in many forms and is in fact still legal today.^My Bernie Bro days are long gone As far as how Chinese people feel about China...they overwhelmingly support their government, because the CPC continues to improve living standards every year.https://ash.harvard.edu/files/ash/files/final_policy_brief_7.6.2020.pdf
4/19/2021 6:04:47 PM
^ There's a pretty big difference between Chinese people living in China, and Chinese Americans living in America, along with international Chinese students who make up quite a significant chunk of the student body of the place I teach, but anyway...Also, LOL @ that Harvard Study. "Public Opinion" isn't really even a thing in many Asian countries, just like democracy isn't. Russians living in Russia seem to overwhelmingly adore Putin, too-- at least if you believe in whatever "polls" and "surveys" that supposedly reflect this claim.Just out of curiosity, have you ever visited China? Taiwan? Hong Kong?
4/19/2021 7:47:22 PM
Chinese people in China supporting China is a combination of national pride, propaganda indoctrination, and fear of reprisal in response saying anything negative. Meanwhile in the US, criticizing the government is a national tradition. Most of the first replies to Trump tweets were profanities. Not that that wasn't fully deserved, but kind of unthinkable that this kind of criticism would be allowed in China.
4/19/2021 8:31:52 PM
^ agree with 100% of that, but I'll add one more caveat: Chinese people living in China are enjoying a far more middle-class, modern, and enjoyable life throughout most of the country than 50 years ago, let alone 10. That same sentiment; however, extends to much of the world excluding, of course, nations ravaged by war, natural disasters, civil/political unrest, and...COVID. Coincidentally enough, people living in Vietnam--you know, that awful communist hellhole we failed to 'rescue' from itself- are happier, too.[Edited on April 19, 2021 at 10:06 PM. Reason : WE are living a worse life than our parents, and some of our grandparents.]
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4/20/2021 12:33:35 AM
Way to conveniently ignore my earlier question. 100% obvious you’ve never actually been to China/HK/Taiwan. If you’ve actually been, you’d know what you just wrote is complete bs- especially regarding your nonsense about being able to openly criticize the government. FOH dude.
4/20/2021 2:17:36 AM
4/20/2021 4:49:50 AM
TIL you're free to speak out about the government in China. Guess that's why Jimmy Lai got arrested in Hong Kong, which incidentally is supposed to be the freer part of China.
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4/20/2021 11:57:42 AM
Now you're just trolling, guy. I'm done.
4/20/2021 7:49:51 PM
^ he's never even been to HK/China/Taiwan, yet he "knows" better than everyone else
4/21/2021 4:41:47 PM
(I'm not taking a side here, but just because you've visited a place doesn't mean you know more about that place than someone who hasn't visited)
4/21/2021 5:06:15 PM
"yea i'm gonna listen to YOU on north Korea over Dennis Rodman "Regardless of who is right only one person is posting independent sources/data, everyone else is just posting their own anecdotal opinions[Edited on April 21, 2021 at 5:19 PM. Reason : He is posting opinions too of course ]
4/21/2021 5:18:40 PM