Keeping it in prospective
Facts are a beautiful thing---especially when they are meant to convey information and not opinions.
I found this informative (I would have gotten more than a few of these rankings wrong) and of value in forming opinions.
Most notable: Russia. In world ranking of GDP Russia (#12)ranks just below South Korea (#11)---depending on what you compare.
South Korea: GDP= $1,777,650, GDP/capita= $34,700
Russia: GDP= $1,754,290, GDP/capita= $12,026
...and the US, the largest in the world: GDP $21,410,230, GDP/capita=$65,064
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty” ---Sir Winston Churchill
"Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all." ---John W. Gardner
“You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” ---C. S. Lewis
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