That’s the thing about capitalism. It always claims to be voluntary. You don’t “have” to work at starvation wages. You don’t “have” to take whatever work you’re given. You don’t “have” to endure abuse from your bosses.
And your bosses don’t have to pay you, and your landlord doesn’t have to rent to you, and the grocery store doesn’t have to feed you, and the police don’t have to protect you. So you either work “voluntarily” under whatever conditions “the market” sets, and earn enough money to afford food and housing and security, or you starve and die.
But the point of the joke is the bullshit metrics capitalism invents to pretend capitalist nations are prosperous, not all the other ways capitalism abuses people, society, and common sense.
But MY POINT is that GDP, as a stat, is useful in many contexts and isn’t just a propaganda piece just because it’s what capitalists focus on. It’s also been much easier to gather accurately compared to other stats.
We live in the 21st century. We have no reason to solely rely on GDP for developed nations because we have the ability to accurately gather the data for many different metrics. This doesn’t mean we throw the baby out with the bathwater and never touch GDP
That’s the thing about capitalism. It always claims to be voluntary. You don’t “have” to work at starvation wages. You don’t “have” to take whatever work you’re given. You don’t “have” to endure abuse from your bosses.
And your bosses don’t have to pay you, and your landlord doesn’t have to rent to you, and the grocery store doesn’t have to feed you, and the police don’t have to protect you. So you either work “voluntarily” under whatever conditions “the market” sets, and earn enough money to afford food and housing and security, or you starve and die.
But the point of the joke is the bullshit metrics capitalism invents to pretend capitalist nations are prosperous, not all the other ways capitalism abuses people, society, and common sense.
But MY POINT is that GDP, as a stat, is useful in many contexts and isn’t just a propaganda piece just because it’s what capitalists focus on. It’s also been much easier to gather accurately compared to other stats.
We live in the 21st century. We have no reason to solely rely on GDP for developed nations because we have the ability to accurately gather the data for many different metrics. This doesn’t mean we throw the baby out with the bathwater and never touch GDP