STUNNING: JD Vance: "If immigration was the path to prosperity, America would be the wealthiest country in the world"

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62. I have no idea wtf point he thinks he's making

We may not be at the top in GDP per capita or net worth per capita, but look at the counties "ahead" of us. Either comparatively tiny little places like Monaco (GDP per capita) or places with progressive policies they'd condemn as Marxist (like Switzerland, highest wealth per capita).

https://www.statista.com/statistics/203941/countries-with-the-highest-wealth-per-adult/

Of course, when it comes to the appalling magnitude of our dysfunctional distribution of that wealth to the few -- something DT and buddies undoubtedly consider a feature, not a bug -- we are right up there.

https://apps.urban.org/features/wealth-inequality-charts/