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> All of those are true, yet the US's (PPP-adjusted) per capita GDP was over 37% higher than the EU's in 2024 [0], and GDP growth has significantly outpaced the EU for years.

And? So what? What has that gotten the US?

Lower life expectancy, higher infant/maternal mortality, higher (violent) crime, and generally much less happiness with life:

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Happiness_Report

Getting more GDP/money is not the goal in itself: money is a tool to get other things (health, happiness, etc).



> And? So what? What has that gotten the US?

Its billionaires are richer. Does anything else really matter?




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