GDP per capita in the USA is SIX times higher than China...
USA - $80,400
China - $12,500
A GDP of bullshit and fakery doesn’t create anything real.
Every DEI co-ordinator, HR wokeness enforcer, useless diversity hire “adds” to GDP. But they are a net minus. Same with Green mandates. Every ludicrous increase in electrical generating costs “adds” to GDP.
Look at industrial production. Eg. China produces 1 billion tons of steel a year. USA less than 100 million. And that goes for the whole industrial sector.
https://www.statista.com/chart/20858/top-10-countries-by-share-of-global-manufacturing-output/
(Russia actually passed the USA in 2020, but the USA has caught up again. With the incorporation of the Donbass into Russia, it will regain the lead)
USA GDP is largely “services”. But you need industrial production to win wars.
A GDP based on credit default swaps, OnlyFans subscriptions, illegal taxis and renting out rooms (Uber, AirB&B) and retail margins on imported ch!nk crap doesn’t create anything capable of use by the military.
GDP per capita in the USA is 3.4 times higher than China by purchasing power parity ...
USA - $80,412
China - $23,309
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(PPP)_per_capita