[lizknope]

This seems to work if everyone is peaceful with each other.

What happens when two neighboring countries have a conflict but one of them decides to work less and is comfortable with less economic growth. The other keeps pushing harder and ends up with excess money that they put into their military. Now they can invade their neighbor.

Economic power generally leads to military power. Maybe the world shouldn't be this way but it is.

[fragmede]

Oh good. Climate change causing wars over changing limited resources means we'll still have jobs.

The broken window fallacy, now with crop failures and artillery.

[kelseyfrog]

Why aren't 6 and 7 workday countries taking over 5 workday countries? The existence of majority 5 workday countries is the counterexample.

[wdkrnls]

Last I checked China was doing pretty well. Soon they will have double the nuclear power plants of everyone else and already have a monopoly on rare earth mineral processing.

[jerlam]

There are numerous examples where two neighboring and unfriendly countries with a large economic imbalance hasn't resulted in war. North Korea and South Korea don't like each other, but South Korea's economic boom hasn't led to them invading North Korea. In fact, North Korea has become more belligerent over the years. Nor has China invaded Russia yet.

Both of those less successful nations have nukes.