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What is life like at different levels of GDP per capita? In this new chart I visualised it for 12 different dimensions.

پاکستان و عراق _در همکاری کاملِ با آمریکا_ بخشی از مرزهای زمینی خود را با ایران بستند! «علی الزیدی» نخست وزیر عراق که کُرسیِ نخست‌وزیری‌اش را مدیونِ همسایه خود است، گستاخی‌های پیدا و پنهانِ زیادی نسبت به ایران داشته؛ وی در ماجرای بستن آسمان عراق بر روی پروازهای ایران، تذکری جدی از روحانیت عالی رتبه عراق و همچنین جریانات موثر دریافت کرد و موقتا عقب‌نشینی کرد. در صورت ادامه شیطنت‌های «الزیدی»، وی بَدلِ به درسِ عبرتِ سیاست‌ورزی در تاریخِ عراق خواهد شد! پاکستان نیز از ۹ اسفندِ ۱۴۰۴ تاکنون، ۴۰٪ اقتصادش تحت تاثیر «جنگِ رمضان» مختل شده؛ ادامه بستن مرزهایش با ایران، فشار سنگین‌تری را بر کشورِ ۲۵۰ میلیون نفری با ۴۵٪ فقیر، وارد خواهد کرد.

بیدار شدم و فهمیدم که این بابا مُرد. چه بدشانس بود ایران و چند نسلش. کمونیسم و سوسیالیسم تندرو هیچ‌گاه نسخه‌ی مناسب ایران نبود اما امثال این ترکیب نامتجانس از «خان‌های چپ» در کافه‌های آلمان و فرانسه و در حال آروغ بعد از آب‌جو، برای چندنسل بعد بریدند و دوختند و شد آنچه که دیدیم.

A French left-wing activist mocked those whose livelihoods had been destroyed by violent rioters and looters over the past few days. “Your little shops, that’s real cute,” said Lola-Fleur Whittaker, who defended the rioters during a French television debate. Whittaker tried to draw sympathy, stating that her mother is an English teacher who eats cookies for lunch because she can't “pay for the cafeteria.” However, online users quickly found Whittaker’s social media profiles, where she posts pictures of herself vacationing in places like Oman, the island of Ré, Sicily, the Greek islands, Malaysia, and Egypt. She earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Manchester, and she offers French lessons for €53 per 50-minute lesson on the platform Preply, where she has already taught 1,709 classes.

“Not since the days of slavery have there been so many people who feel entitled to what other people have produced as there are in the modern welfare state, whether in Western Europe or on this side of the Atlantic.” - Dr. Thomas Sowell

دولت بریتانیا انقدر بد عمل کرده و جوری به پای خودش تیز زده که تایید ۲ پروژه مهم #نفت و گاز که‌ واضح به نظر میرسه به یک بحران تبدیل شده. حالا گویا خبر اومده که بلاخره اندی برنهام میخواد دو پروژه Rosebank و Jackdaw رو تایید نهایی بکنه ولی با این دراما هیچ شرکت دیگه‌ای دنبال توسعه…

♦️ پزشکیان: 🔹 امروز از واردات بنزین بی‌نیاز شده‌ایم، در حالی که می‌بایست ۱۲ میلیارد دلار برای واردات آن هزینه می‌کردیم 🔹 هدف ما این است که یارانه را از افراد توانمند بگیریم تا به نیازمندان کمک بیشتری کنیم

The biggest, and stupidest, myth in European politics, particularly popular in France, is that Europe suffers the consequences of "austerity" and "neoliberalism". In the biggest 5 countries in Europe, more than half of the population makes its income from the state, less than half from the private sector. This is what makes the problem of reducing the welfare state so impossible: more than half of the voters are net recipients. No surprise that Italy's budget has not been balanced in 100 years, France's in 50 years (ooh la la, l'austérité!!): -France: 30 million from the state versus 21m private sector workers. State spending is 57% of GDP, taxes more than half the economy. The budget hasn't been balanced in the lifetime of most French (since 1974). - Germany: 35 million adults from the state, versus 34 million from the private sector. 10% of the population is registered as severely disabled. Public spending is over half of GDP. Germany has had a continuous budget deficit since 2019. -Italy: 23 million from the state, versus 20.5 million private-sector workers. Public spending is 51% of GDP. Italy has had a budget deficit every year since 1925, for 100 years. - Spain more people get their income from the state since 2024: 18.21 million from the public sector versus 17.9 million people working in the private sector. Since 2025, Spain also had more government employees than self-employed workers (autónomos) for the first time in history. State spending is at 45%, budget has not been balanced since 2007. - UK: 54% of households now receive more in state benefits than they pay in taxes. State spending is 44.5% of GDP, taxes (40%) are at their highest since 1950, the budget hasn't been balanced since 2001, and 1 in 5 new cars is paid by the government through a bizarre state disability scheme (Motability).