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Originally Posted by I-Bleed-Russian
Why do I always have to give people all the links?
Do your own research on their GDP Per Capita, their PPP and their HDI, it ain't all that high in any of those categories.
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If you make a statement, it is you who has to prove it right, not others.
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Originally Posted by I-Bleed-Russian
I know, but that's because they have tens of millions of less citizens.
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That's far from being a valid economics reason for their GDP per capita to be higher.
But if something, it would point to the advantage in being an independent small country over belonging to a huge federation.
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