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minus-squarefunkless_eck@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up81·7 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-up16·edit-27 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-up4·7 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-squareLesrid@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up11·7 months agoBecause the US has several million more people living below a certain level of income, experiencing a daily misery but it’s somewhat excusable because the ratio is smaller.
minus-squarefunkless_eck@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 months agowhy is anything interesting? It just is.
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 :)
Why is that interesting?
Because the US has several million more people living below a certain level of income, experiencing a daily misery but it’s somewhat excusable because the ratio is smaller.
why is anything interesting? It just is.