Semi-Weekly Discussion Thread - December 23, 2024

[u/tuesday_mod]

INTRODUCTION

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Previous Discussion Thread

[u/Thadlust]

The whole "blue counties make up 65% of GDP" is such nonsense because a) people commute from red counties to blue ones and b) GDP only counts the final product - if a Cargill factory makes corn meal in Des Moines, the entire value of the product is counted for Des Moines, even if the raw materials are produced from farmers across Iowa.

[u/Tombot3000 → u/Thadlust]

It doesn't tell the full story on its own, but it's not nonsense. It is making a substantiated assertion that the greater bulk of measured economic activity takes place in blue counties.

Your point that only final goods are counted also applies to many B2B transactions in blue counties, so you'd need to show it's disproportionate to make a workable counterargument.

[u/Bullet_Jesus → u/Tombot3000]

The whole GDP thing feels to me as a case of "where people live". It also feeds into the polarization by attempting to portray red counties as moochers, as if the economy and nation is such a narrow thing.