timduhe t1_j22w0zq wrote on December 29, 2022 at 6:37 AM Reply to comment by SodaWithoutSparkles in [OC] Defence budgets around the world by giteam I'm more interested to see purchasing power, like what can 800B$ buy you in US vs what can 300B$ buy you in China. I assume Chinese workers are paid like a lot less than US's, most materials in China should be cheaper so therefore difference might not be that huge. Russia might be spending 65B$ but corruption is huge there, so who knows how much money really goes where it should go. Permalink Parent 0
timduhe t1_j22w0zq wrote
Reply to comment by SodaWithoutSparkles in [OC] Defence budgets around the world by giteam
I'm more interested to see purchasing power, like what can 800B$ buy you in US vs what can 300B$ buy you in China.
I assume Chinese workers are paid like a lot less than US's, most materials in China should be cheaper so therefore difference might not be that huge.
Russia might be spending 65B$ but corruption is huge there, so who knows how much money really goes where it should go.