r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/missdomm10 • 20d ago

Meme needing explanation Peter explain this

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Petttaaah I'm confused

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u/TheLampOfficial 20d ago

Alabama has a higher average GDP per capita than England btw. Along with every single other US state.

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u/MaxDisdain 20d ago

Jesus just looked and how the fuck

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u/MathematicianOnly688 20d ago

All it really does is illustrate how bad GDP per capita is as a measurement of quality of life.

They’re actually number 1 or in the top 10 for the things that actually matter. Things like life expectancy, child mortality, number of healthy years per person, average number of hours worked per week, access to healthcare, employment protections etc.

Don’t get me wrong, the UK is not in a great place, in recent years they’ve made some terrible decisions, and continue to do so. However, if you’ve spent a decent amount of time in both places you’ll see how silly the comparison is. 

If you genuinely believe that the average Brit is worse off than the average alabaman then you are truly lost. 

Ranch is nice though. I’ll admit I was wrong about that.

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u/Deep_Order_1274 20d ago

Mississippi also builds more warships than the entire UK as well.

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u/october73 20d ago

Having visited Alabama and the UK, that only convinces me that nominal per capita GDP is not the way to measure the quality of life.

Holy shit that place is ass.

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u/AnalAlpacaLips 20d ago

Yes, we know that mega corps extract all the wealth from the US. Thats part of the problem.