The podcast class is getting dumber by the hour.
Iran has roughly nine times Israel’s population and about 75 times its land area. Yet Israel’s economy is projected to be about $720 billion in 2026, ranking around 26th in the world.
Israel has less than 10 million people, yet its economy is larger than that of many countries with populations several times its size.
Even more remarkable, Israel’s GDP per capita is about $70,000, while Iran’s is roughly $3,400.
As an America First absolutist, this is exactly why the United States is allied with Israel.
Countries are not valuable because they’re big. They’re valuable because of what they produce, innovate, invent, and contribute.
A country with less than 10 million people generating nearly three-quarters of a trillion dollars in economic output is not something serious people dismiss. It’s something serious people study.