• Shezzagrad@lemmy.ml
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    3 hours ago

    500 years ago, the economic power was Western European countries like France, England, Portugal, Spain.

    Ps, you’re so confidently wrong. 1525 the economic powers of the world were India and china https://www.businessinsider.com/mckinsey-worlds-economic-center-of-gravity-2012-6

    Here’s a nice graphic to make it easy for your Eurocentric mind to comprehend

    second biggest economy

    Bud how put of date your knowledge is? You from the 90s? Name the top 5 in order of GDP? Go ahead. Please. I know you’re speaking of Germany but please try and back it up it in 2025 that they are the second biggest economy lmao

    Also is Europe getting richer, is American or European manufacturing improving? No, it’s going towards china, towards India, towards Africa. Europe became rich because of hundreds of years of exploitation and another 100 years of soft power to ensure cheap resources than be taken to Europe/America, produce high quality and sent back. Problem is, the world is now able to do a lot of it itself and Asia can make everything it needs and give to all other Asian and African Nations.

    Military threat, yeah, 100% that’s all Europe has, that’s how you become rich was bombing and exploiting others. But the suprise factor is gone, nobody trusts you guys, look at the trade map, you think you’re gonna challenge this?

    https://howmuch.net/articles/trade-timelapse-usa-china

    • gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      2 hours ago

      I know you’re speaking of Germany

      Nope, they very clearly said The EU and not Germany, which is accurate. The EU is behind the US and in front of China in GDP, firm second place.

      What’s up with .ml users being shit with reading comprehension?