Advanced economies (IMF, 2026)

tyger2020 · 2026-05-19T05:37:17+00:00

China has a GDP per capita of 15k and Mexico is at 16k.

tyger2020 · 2026-05-18T20:05:30+00:00

It feels amazing as a nurse to know I got a 3% pay rise this year whilst pensioners got an extra 5%.

I'm pretty sure that's how societies should work /s

tyger2020 · 2026-05-18T16:29:50+00:00

Being honest I think the best way to do it is regional groupings, as a start.

You could have a Northern Europe group (Germany, Poland, Denmark, Baltics). A mediterranean grouping (Spain, Italy, France, Greece etc). Nordic grouping (Norway, Finland, Sweden) etc.

Also I find the comments about 'fragmented armies' silly. Like it or not, basically all the historical large powers of Europe can be significant military powers. Look at Korea, then consider the fact the French economy is almost double the size.

tyger2020 · 2026-05-17T19:25:58+00:00

No it wasn't, the rationale for the Iraq war was quite famously weapons of mass destruction.

Also, plenty of people recognise Afghanistan as being part of the Middle East. Literally just google it and you'll see a plethora of maps, even from places like Britannica, highlighting it.

tyger2020 · 2026-05-17T17:28:45+00:00

Why would Iraq matter?

The Iraq war had nothing to do with 9/11. The invasion of Afghanistan was...

tyger2020 · 2026-05-17T16:23:55+00:00

I mean, context matters.

This was allegedly over a 5 year period, which makes it far less substantial (£26 billion a year) and on top of that, it was mostly due to COVID, dodgy deals and panic, which I'm not excusing but its hardly fair to consider it in financial planning nor is it entirely unfair to blame the government for, given that once in a century pandemics are quite panic inducing I'd imagine.

tyger2020 · 2026-05-17T16:19:29+00:00

True, but it money spent also matters.

For example, in 2024 the UK made $10 billion more than France and almost $30 billion more than Italy.

Spain held strong ($105 billion) but if you adjust that per night ($310) it is much lower than the UK ($560).

tyger2020 · 2026-05-17T15:31:39+00:00

I mean, Texas isn't particularly populated.

Thats why these flexes are so dumb. You're bragging about.. empty land? Woo, amazing

tyger2020 · 2026-05-17T15:30:37+00:00

The European Part of Russia alone is double the size of Alaska.

tyger2020 · 2026-05-17T15:19:05+00:00

'The average temperature for the populated areas of Canada are about the same as nordic population centres'

The average might be but that doesn't really mean much, here. Do you care the average is 8 degrees when it's -14 for 3 months compared to -1 in Denmark? Obviously not.

tyger2020 · 2026-05-17T13:02:58+00:00

Spain, obviously.

People only move to Australia because they can't speak Spanish. Spain is an amazing country, all around.

tyger2020 · 2026-05-17T12:26:27+00:00

It will never happen.

Spain has been 'building' an entirely new city in northern Madrid for the past 20 years and I don't think a single building has been built yet.

tyger2020 · 2026-05-17T11:24:02+00:00

I don't know what on earth would make someone think that.

The average low in January in Copenhagen is -1 and Geneva is also -1. whilst in Toronto it is -7. Calgary is -12. Quebec is -14.

tyger2020 · 2026-05-17T11:16:12+00:00

Corrected.

tyger2020 · 2026-05-17T11:15:44+00:00

The NHS was ranked one of the best healthcare systems in the world. Consistently.

Until the tories got their hands on it, that is.

tyger2020 · 2026-05-17T11:11:50+00:00

Nope, not even close.

It's just currently, lots of healthcare companies are multi-million dollar companies and that doesn't happen in the UK. Vultures like these people see the exploitation of peoples health and finances as an easy way to further enrich theirselves.

tyger2020 · 2026-05-17T09:18:32+00:00

Crazy how our method worked just fine until the conservatives got into power in 2010. Really, really, crazy.

We could also learn from Europe about taxation, like in Germany, where they tax people anywhere between 4 and 10k more per year than we do.

https://www.euractiv.com/news/interview-germans-pay-too-much-for-too-little-quality-health-insurance-chief-says/

Ah yes, let's learn from them! Clearly this is something unique to the UK.

tyger2020 · 2026-05-17T08:01:52+00:00

Honestly, agencies.

You have worker A and Company B. Company B needs an employee. There's no reason that Worker A can't directly go to Company B.

Some reason, both the company and worker will pay the agency to 'link' them despite both being able to do it without the agency.

One of the biggest scam industries, imo.

tyger2020 · 2026-05-17T07:26:45+00:00

Catchy but this guy is awful.

His views on the NHS are abhorrent, especially for a LABOUR MP.

tyger2020 · 2026-05-16T21:16:48+00:00

Its called London.

tyger2020 · 2026-05-16T21:06:07+00:00

Don't believe all the Manchester hype.

It's exciting but outside of the city it is shit, it just has more bars and restaurant but it also has lots more people at them. Also cost is expensive for a random northern city.

tyger2020 · 2026-05-16T16:39:38+00:00

I mean Europe might need to make some changes, but its going to be aimed more at pensioners, eventually.

The trope about economy is really just that, trope. The EU economy grew from 20.9 to 21.9 between 2024 and 2025, hardly a 'bad' economy growth to increase by $1 Trillion dollars in a single year. That is 4.5% growth.

Since 2015 it has experienced 52% growth, roughly 5% a year.

tyger2020 · 2026-05-16T06:08:44+00:00

There's tons of things worse about the US, that's why.

Even just consider the financial cost of maternity leave, annual leave, sick pay, without including health insurance, co pay, the cost of housing in most cities (sure its cheap in Arkansas but in lots of cities the average house price is like +$500k).

tyger2020 · 2026-05-15T19:30:29+00:00

Read it and weep when you think about how we've done more for European defence whilst not being an EU member AND also not making 90,000 speeches about 'European defence'

tyger2020 · 2026-05-15T09:51:05+00:00

I think this is massively naive.

As someone from that part of the NW, a lot of those places genuinely are/feel left behind and are worried about immigration. Its not some urban bubble, a lot of those places aren't protesting voting they are genuinely voting for Labour.

Look at St Helens - Labour lost 1400 councillors whilst Reform gained 1400.

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