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[–] Skaryon@lemmy.world 271 points 1 year ago (22 children)

I love how in every topic about WFH there's some dudebro going on about the economy suffering due to supposed lessened productivity and I'm like... Why should I care?

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 56 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

People have been told their entire lives that the GDP of their nation matters without ever considering what it actually represents, or how it actually went up.

Great, number go up, but why and who actually benefitted.

[–] esoteric_wizard@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Excuse the week-old reply but

People have been told their entire lives that the GDP of their nation matters without ever considering what it actually represents, or how it actually went up.

You got a poor, poor education if you were never taught why the GDP matters, or what it represents.

Welcome to America

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