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People have been told their entire lives that the GDP of their nation matters without ever considering what it actually represents, or how it actually went up.
Great, number go up, but why and who actually benefitted.
The 1%. Productivity has been going through the roof, wages have stagnated for decades.
Excuse the week-old reply but
You got a poor, poor education if you were never taught why the GDP matters, or what it represents.
Welcome to America