@Augustus__J@RichardHanania Oh, really?
Then life in the US has to be terrible compared to 2010, better salaries, more ability to buy things, more people insured, better education, less unemployment, less accidents, less severity in accidents, better working conditions.
@fdondi1@cafreiman "Are you counting emission from oil they sell? Because that would be idiotic, wouldn't it? The buyers would just buy it elsewhere; it's their choice to burn it."
Are you retarded or are you kidding me?
@fdondi1@cafreiman So it fell from the sky? They didnt sell oil and gas, maybe?
I dont think its difficult to understand that they are an oil-state, what was the effective tax burden on their citizens? Below the US, all thanks to oil and gas.
@GermanSocialism@sigmahamster2 Yeah, that too, a Victoria 3 player that thinks he knows how to run a country and thus has this delusional takes.
Just the name is enough.
@colorblindk1d It doesnt deny the headline, Trump has shot his own supply line, spending money for nothing and damaged his relations, if there were any, with the rest of the world.
@GermanSocialism@sigmahamster2 You mean a mixed economy? Are all mixes the same? Is a 60%/40% state/private the same as 15%/85%?
Modern methods is a nice cover-up for an amalgamation of whatever benefits the rulers, funny.
I suppose we should ignore "pure" ideas and just mix them with any other idea.
@sigmahamster2@Milei_InEnglish It comes from "Economic Freedom of the World: 2025 Annual Report" Fraser and Cato Institutes.
I dont see how it would be misleading, maybe imperfect, but what metric isnt when talking about all of human society.