BobDole [none/use name]

Reminder that percentages are different to absolute values. The percentage can be a strong indicator of a nation’s values.

You thought you were really cooking with that.

Reminder that GDP is not a natural force, but a measurement of capital’s performance and was invented to argue for lower taxes on landlords. The accepted GDP values are just what each country reports, and can be easily artificially inflated, especially by governments like the United States that includes not only rent, but also a fake rent that homeowners pay to themselves.

GDP is not a neutral measurement, but is deliberately defined to benefit capital at the expense of labor. Percentage of government budget could be a better comparison between countries than absolute values, but the absolute value is also important to understand.

With that in mind, government spending and private investment can be indicators of a nation’s values: like that America values murdering non-white children more than it values feeding its own children and that Britain and Europe are sick of feeding their children and want to invest more in the child murdering.

The United States Spends More on Defense than the Next 9 Countries Combined

https://www.pgpf.org/article/the-united-states-spends-more-on-defense-than-the-next-9-countries-combined/

Who is Sandy Loam?

Ugh, I wish I hadn’t posted that so you wouldn’t have told me. I was happier in ignorance lmao

Bazinga brain “I fucking love science” libs were hard for this like ten years ago, but now that China is making it a reality they’re quiet.

I buy a boat

Lmao

• Qasem Soleimani

Hey did you know that, under the US military’s Code of Conduct, captured servicemembers are required to use any and all means at their disposal to escape and return to friendly forces?

This is how soldiers are trained in all militaries, and yet it is still a violation of the Geneva Conventions to murder prisoners of war.

For more information, do some research on SERE

So much of school cliques and bullying are based on classism. The cool kids are the ones whose parents can afford to buy them the trendy clothes (and, later, cars). I’m not surprised that wealthy brats go on to be wealthy adults.