@[email protected] to Political [email protected] • 2 years ago"All the land was claimed by others before we were born"lemmy.worldimagemessage-square375fedilinkarrow-up11.33K
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minus-squareHyperrealitylinkfedilink15•edit-22 years agoThe reason average life expectancy used to be so low, is because infant mortality was ridiculously high.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink7•2 years agoYeah I know, but the overall point still stands. Life was not better back then. That’s not a gotcha, it’s a technicality.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•2 years agoYou’re also missing the distribution of those life expectancies. While everyone is crapping on the wealthy, who do you think was able to live to a ripe old age? Who do you think was more likely to die at birth or as a kid, or young adult?
The reason average life expectancy used to be so low, is because infant mortality was ridiculously high.
Yeah I know, but the overall point still stands. Life was not better back then. That’s not a gotcha, it’s a technicality.
You’re also missing the distribution of those life expectancies. While everyone is crapping on the wealthy, who do you think was able to live to a ripe old age? Who do you think was more likely to die at birth or as a kid, or young adult?