Subject: Re: “I voted to be racist, not poor”
Also note,author thinks he is Dunking on Mississippi except that Mississippi has a higher gdp than most of not all Western European countries.

100% a true statement if you look at GDP/capita:

https://www.euronews.com/busin...

Mississippi, the poorest state in the United States, is close to surpassing Europe's largest economy Germany's GDP per capita. Euronews Business compares US states with European countries.
The poorest US state's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita is higher than that of Europe's top five economies, except for Germany. However, Mississippi competes closely with Germany, with a difference of just €1,500.

GDP per capita, adjusted for Purchasing Power Parity (PPP), in the US also surpasses that of all EU countries, except for Luxembourg and Ireland, which are outliers.