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minus-squarefunkless_eck@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up72arrow-down3·8 months agoI know it doesn’t work like that but I think it’s mildly interesting 57% of Argentina population is 25MM people 12% of USA pop (amount who live in poverty) is 38MM people
minus-squarenifty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·edit-28 months agoYeah, it doesn’t matter that the U.S. has more people living in poverty as what matters is the relative amount of the total population. I know you know, but thought I’d say it just in case someone else didn’t get why you said “it doesn’t work this way”
minus-squarefunkless_eck@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·8 months agoYou’re right from a hard-statistical point of view, but from a casual, layman conversation I think it is, as I said, mildly interesting.
minus-squaredangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·8 months agoThe issue is a lot harder to ignore when the person to your right and the person to your left is starving to death.
minus-squareUllallullooAlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 months agoThings got bad the last few years, but the hunger index is still only 6.4.
I know it doesn’t work like that but I think it’s mildly interesting
Yeah, it doesn’t matter that the U.S. has more people living in poverty as what matters is the relative amount of the total population.
I know you know, but thought I’d say it just in case someone else didn’t get why you said “it doesn’t work this way”
You’re right from a hard-statistical point of view, but from a casual, layman conversation I think it is, as I said, mildly interesting.
It definitely is interesting :)
The issue is a lot harder to ignore when the person to your right and the person to your left is starving to death.
Things got bad the last few years, but the hunger index is still only 6.4.