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[โ€“] 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.