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Why should China have to justify spending 1.3% of GDP on it's military to anyone? Even if we use the overinflated SIPRI estimates, that China spends 2.0% of GDP on it's military, it's nothing to balk about. Most countries spend more. The Chinese can spend as much as they want, and so can...

When someone says "break a nation", it's not meant to be taken literally. I realize some cultures don't understand the concept of figurative language yet so I'm willing to let this one go. IMF estimates for 2012 and 2013 were also around $2.1 and $2.0 trillion. IMF estimates are worthless for...

I've been saying this for a loooong time but the Indians keep regurgitating their 5-6-7-12% growth rate garbage here. What they don't realize is, currencies have the ability to break a nation. India's GDP actually contracted from 2011 to 2012, despite 6% or 7% or whatever GDP growth for that...

Ummm... yes I would. If you don't like it then move to another bank. They are not in the business of having to cater to all your needs. They are a business. And no, their choice is not wrong. If it's their choice then it's the correct one, because they choose it. You're a moron. By the same...

The Soviets were approx. 60% the size of the US economy in 1990. This implies that they may have even been higher in preceding years, maybe as high as 65%-70% though I don't know about that. The Japanese are the only one's to have reached, in total economic size relative to the US, where the...

I saw this on nextbigfuture a couple hours ago. Insane that China only surpassed Japan in 2010, and will be triple the size of Japan in 2016. Absolute insanity.

I've always said, when it comes to living standards GDP PPP PER CAPITA should be used, and when it comes to measuring the size of an economy, Nominal GDP should be used.

How did you screenshot that image? I can't find it on the source link

It doesn't matter if its anti-anything. If someone wants to wear it it's nonya business. "you were the one to insist that if a female adopts burqa then it is her choice" No shit. If it was her choice, then she has the right to. If a man is threatening her by telling her she should wear it 'or...

The French are known for having a more independent foreign policy, and thus more leeway when it comes to decision making, but I would give this one to the UK. On a tit-for-tat basis: Submarines: The French have 6 Rubis-class nuclear attack submarines, which are the most compact nuclear...

I meant Weimar Republic - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Befuddled with debt, in constant national shame, continuously revising their history because of their insecurity (stab in the back myth), etc.

It's such a beautiful city and a beautiful country, but more importantly a beautiful people. Too bad they have the self-esteem of Weimar Germany. They need to clean up their insecurities and their revision of WWII and then rejoin the world community in full. Right now, Japan is just a declining...

Big LOL at this. If that was true then we would not be imprisoning mothers for killing their daughters. So why do we? Maybe because you're don't even logic.

Right, but if it happened in my country, chances are it happened from our beloved Black community, who are well-known for their capacity to build civilizations.

Were these looters, presumably, Jemals and Shaniquas?

The question is how much per individual. The fact that America is the 3rd most populous country in the world also distorts things. $58.51 billion / 73.16 million households which have pets = $800 The average household spent $800 on their pets. Still a lot, but doesn't sound like nearly as much...

Murica also uses timber for housing instead of concrete like China, so the end result isn't as impressive (China only recently surpassed the US as the world's largest timber producer). But it's still pretty cool to see results like this nonetheless.

That potential is rapidly whittling away as the "demographic dividend" is turning into a "demographic disaster"

Link: China Used More Cement In The Last Three Years Than The US Used In The Entire 20th Century - Business Insider Have You Hugged a Concrete Pillar Today? | Bill Gates

India has the potential of being one of the worst countries in the future, comparatively speaking (worse than it already is now). One of the largest population densities (7th) in the world, coupled with among the least developed nations in the world, coupled with a really strong (but...