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vincnetas 14 hours ago | parent | next [-]

counter argument GDP of Baltic states has gone up by hundreds percents since 1990. But we are now closer to war thanks to our "great" neighbor (russia) than ever before. By the way GDP going up has not saved Ukraine from war either. So i would not discard moral superiority so fast.

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pembrook 14 hours ago | parent [-]

Russia is a poor country and definitely does not have a western standard of living for the majority of the population.

	▲	vincnetas 8 hours ago \| parent [-]
		It takes two to tango. same goes for war. Hence my remark about "moral superiority". By the way, russian GDP was also steadily increasing.

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kubb 13 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

The US is at war all the time and has high GDP per capita.

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pembrook 13 hours ago | parent [-]

I also know a guy who drives drunk all the time and has never been in an accident.

Does that invalidate the fact that drunk driving leads to more road deaths?

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kubb 13 hours ago | parent [-]

It just a counterexample that helps me point out that your simplistic and unsupported claim should not be taken at face value.

There is a lot to be said about the practice of overusing the GDP metric, but in this case reminding everyone that the burden of proof is on you should be enough.

I don’t appreciate your analogy, and it strikes me as false.

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pembrook 11 hours ago | parent [-]

The point is outliers in a dataset do not negate a trend line. They are already included in the trend line.

	▲	kubb 11 hours ago \| parent [-]
		You haven’t established that the trend line exists or is applicable in this context. I don’t expect you to admit this.

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rizky05 14 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

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