Check out this chart. Tell me how migration numbers correlate with density.

https://i.imgur.com/DaZqArg.png

You are going to have to explain why PPP isn’t appropriate for non-capitalist countries. Besides, what country isn’t capitalist in this analysis? A country calling itself communist does not make it so.

These are not my numbers. They come both from the IMF and the World Bank. Chinese GDP per capita PPP is only $29k. By the same measure, the US is $60k. You don’t have to believe it. Yes, China is cheap, but low prices produce low incomes to those selling their goods and services.

Sorry, I thought you were commenting on krooklochurm@lemmy.ca, who suggested to “have anyone who is following the lord leap off a cliff.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lone_wolf_terrorism

How so?

Alabama = $53,061

Germany = 59,993

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_GDP

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(nominal)_per_capita

Even per capita with PPP, China is only $29k. By the same measure, the US is $60k.

That’s an odd measure. The population of the country being immigrated to doesn’t seem to have a lot to do with which country an immigrant will want to go to. Immigrants want to go to the place that’ll give them the best opportunity. By all measures, the US, Canada, and western Europe are the places people want to go. China isn’t.

Are you familiar with purchasing power parity? It is a measure that specifically takes into account local costs of rent, transportation, food, etc. Check it out --> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purchasing_power_parity

Try this --> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(PPP)_per_capita

How did this person’s life work out? I would love to hear more about that story.

A generations’ percent of wealth always increases as they get older.

I think immigrant desire for relocation speaks volumes of where the greatest opportunity exists. The migration patterns vastly favor the US as being the place for the greater hope for the global poor, as evidenced by their footprints.

Even per capita with PPP, China is only $29k. By the same measure, the US is $60k.

Share of national wealth is not affluence. It is a measure that gets distorted when a country has a disproportionate number of billionaires relative to their own population and to other countries.

If you adjust for purchasing power, the median individual in China is only $29k. By the same measure, the US is $60k.

Even per capita with PPP, China is only $29k. By the same measure, the US is $60k.

You are mistaken, GDP of Germany is greater than Alabama, even moreso when you account for PPP.

Over 90% of Chinese households would be below the US poverty line. Their GDP per capita is only $13k.

Does your post intentionally recall the devil’s challenging Jesus to throw himself off the temple to be saved by his own angels. Because it sounds like your advice and the devil’s advise are about the same.