Reply #62: It's better than taking the entire GDP of a country, though, isn't it?

[muriel_volestrangler]

It's not as if the typical Chinese person has a standard of living anywhere near as good as the typical American, is it? Going by the UN figures, China is even more unequal than the USA. So the typical Chinese citizen is more than 4 times poorer than the typical American.

So my point still stands - that saying the GDP of the whole of the USA is lower than the GDP of the whole of China is not that meaningful, and to say it means the US is left with 'nothing' is indicative of a greedy mentality, when you want more money and power than another group, rather than just a sufficient standard of living for yourself.

By the way, calling something 'retarded' tends to get deleted on DU, since it's using a mental disability as an insult. Shouting it in capitals will only make it more likely to get deleted.