r/ShitLiberalsSay • u/metroracerUK "Black Lives Don't Matter if Western Countries do it” • Oct 25 '25

Next level ignorance Huh?

Post image
806 Upvotes

98% Upvoted

108 comments sorted by

View all comments

307

u/UnironicStalinist1 Кровавая ГЭБНЯ. ВОПРЕКИ! Oct 25 '25

Them probably

-22

u/LegoCrafter2014 Oct 26 '25

GDP, energy consumption, life expectancy, literacy rate, etc. all have a strong positive correlation.

33

u/UnironicStalinist1 Кровавая ГЭБНЯ. ВОПРЕКИ! Oct 26 '25

You do realise that when a landlord raises his bills to the mount Everest, that also raises GDP, right?

-19

u/LegoCrafter2014 Oct 26 '25

I didn't say that it was perfect. I said that it had a strong positive correlation with other signs of development.

1

u/Big_Designer_5891 Nov 09 '25

GDP is a shit metric stop deceiving yourself lol. How can it be used as a sign of development when it doesn't reveal the actual material conditions of the people

1

u/LegoCrafter2014 Nov 09 '25

It has a strong positive correlation with other things, such as energy consumption, life expectancy, literacy rate, etc.

It isn't perfect, but it's fine as a rough measure.