this is @ anyone who uses raw GDP as a measure of wartime industrial capacity

  • emizeko [they/them]@hexbear.net
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    Two economists are walking in the park. The first economist sees a pile of dog shit and says to the other, “I’ll pay you $50 to eat that dog shit.” So he does and gets paid $50. Later on, the second economist sees a pile of dog shit and says to the first, “I’ll pay you $50 to eat that pile of dog shit.” So he does and gets paid $50.

    The first economist says, “I can’t help but feel we just ate dog shit for nothing.” “Nonsense,” says the second economist, “We just contributed $100 to the economy.”

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      The third economist went to the local town hall meeting and said: “there’s too much dog shit in the park and some people are even eating it for some reason, so I really think we need to hire a person to go around an clean up the parks every day”. Eventually the matter came to a vote, it passed, and a job listing was put up next week. The third economist then applied to the job and got money from the government for picking up shit.

  • zifnab25 [he/him, any]@hexbear.net
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    I have fielded a dozen Leopard 2 tanks at $11M/unit.

    You have launched a dozen 9M133 Kornet anti-tank missiles at $26k/unit.

    Therefore, I am winning.

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    What war are Marxists involved in exactly?

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    You’re gonna have to explain this one better