>>1927346Economic might should be measured in terms of carbon footprint. Even if you delete the accounting magic behind the murkin whaambulance, every hamplanet on board eats 14x as much mcdonalds and drives a 12,000 pound land barge parked in an air conditioned garage in a 3 floor, 11,000 square foot mac mansion full of plastic disposable walmart junk. The pole meanwhile cries in his stone hut while feeding rotten cabbage to the donkey he uses to fetch potable water once a month. America wins again. No matter how you do the math, America wins.