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  • That chart seems highly incorrect:
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(PPP)_per_capita

    By all three organizations Denmark is higher than Sweden and Germany by a margin of almost 10%.
    I have no idea why EU would be so far off everybody else?

    Wikipedia numbers are not the absolute newest, but the past few years the economy of Denmark has done way better than average for EU, where Germany has been clearly behind Denmark.

    The chart above regards the median, but Denmark is generally among the most balanced regarding having high wages at the low end. So that should favor Denmark even more compared to Germany.

    From the link OP has posted:
    Numbers for all ages, Euro 2024 as 2025 is not available:
    Sweden 26.915,-
    Germany 27.619,-
    Denmark 34.843,-

    Totally in line with what I would have expected!!







  • Yes I am, Stupid as fuck is the correct technical term, but more than that, they are also delusional and most of them are without empathy towards the people they knew would be hurt.
    To vote for Trump is so bad, it has to be described as close to mental illness to vote for him, because it’s an act of self harm for most people that did it.
    But I have no compassion for those people despite their mental illness, they were warned over and over and again and again. That a 2nd term with Trump would be far worse than the first.





  • polling research, which currently shows him tanking on everything from the economy and immigration to his handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files.

    It is so infinitely moronic that some people thought he would be good for the economy. Trump is an idiot that just happened to be born rich, and he is absolutely evil and ruthless, and is lucky he is not in jail.
    If Trump wasn’t rich, he would have been in jail by the age of 20. His malignant narcissist personality makes him a habitual criminal. He has no regard for others, social grace, tradition or the law.


  • Maybe such agreements are easier to make between EU and India now that UK is no-longer a member of EU?
    India still has a significant grudge against UK from colonial times. Despite EU and UK has abandoned the colonial tendencies, and now work for a world based on international law.
    I get so sad every time I see India side with Russia and China claiming they are not colonial powers, and they respect the independence of India, despite India has a territorial dispute with China! But they claim siding with Russia is better because India needs independence.
    Although Europe and UK absolutely fully respect and even to some degree help protect the independence of India. USA on the other hand has now become a complete wild card, impossible to know which side they choose, because the administration is so corrupt they choose decidedly and openly to act against US interests to line their own pockets.



  • It’s not just Trump that cedes the global economic leadership of USA, it’s the American population, they did that when they voted MAGA in 2016, and they put the final nail in the coffin when they reelected Trump in 2024.
    The MAGA ideology was always disrespect for allies and partners. Tearing up all sorts of agreements including trade agreements and regarding security where Trump already during his first time used rhetoric about how NATO was obsolete. And a constant messaging on how the world needs USA more than USA needs the world.

    So Americans chose to pull away and cede leadership both economic and and on defense.
    This ideology has permeated the GOP since Bush the older became President, heck it had already started with Reagan.
    This is not an isolated problem that suddenly happened January last year. This is a trend that USA has taken as a people for many decades.

    Of course there are both good and smart people in USA, and they are not the ones that are driving the destructive mentality of the people as a whole. But unfortunately the stupid and malignant people of USA have taken over. And they have done that repeatedly, electing worse and worse candidates. Now to a point where a lot of the damage they are doing is irreversible.


  • There are lots of compact EVs on the market like the Renault 5, Huyndai Inster, Citroen C3, Mini Cooper etc.
    In the medium sized cars (by European standards) the number of models are massive.
    But some people actually have practical use for these slightly bigger cars, personally I’m a big guy, and I feel cramped in small cars, but there is also some who need to pull weight, and for the Volvo it can pull 1800 kg.
    It is super nice that these cars are now available as electric cars, because with renewable energy, the pollution is nowhere near as bad as an old gas guzzler.
    Personally we can drive our VW ID.4 car 100% from our solar panels almost 9 moths of the year.
    It weight over 2 tonnes, but it’s super economic and better for the environment compared to the old car that was about 1400 kg, but was an ICE car.


  • Our neighbor has the previous model the hybrid version. It’s an insanely nice ride, the cabin somehow just feels super nice, and the seats are probably the most comfortable I’ve ever tried.
    But this new model is clearly a strong update on the technological side, with way better range and faster charging, if it’s as nice to drive as the old model, it will 100% be a super nice car. And the range is clearly improved. 👍