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    The world as 100 people over the last two centuries [OC]

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    4. HarrMada on

      It’s actually incredible how life on earth is so much better now than ever before. Things are so good now.

    5. Training-Purpose802 on

      There were apparently no democracies in the world until the 1920s? While the U.S. made up 6% of world population by itself.

    6. KnotSoSalty on

      What’s the definitional hurdle that determines that there was no democracy before ~1925? Is it women getting the right to vote?

      If that’s the case by your “100 people” framing I would expect to see a sliver for the white men who were allow to vote earlier than that.

    7. No-Kitchen5780 on

      Not sure about the democracy stats pretty sure France and the British empire was a democratic Republic and parliament and even the us started off as a democracy earlier than this shows? Maybe I’m wrong

    8. Invade_Deez_Nutz on

      I’m a bit skeptical of the 1820s numbers. Smallpox vaccines and democracy did exist back then

      Also, a farmer from back then might not have much money, but if they have land with fertile soil and a bunch of livestock it might not be right to consider them extreme poverty, even though they might consume most of what they grow instead of selling it in market. This is another reason gdp numbers underestimate wealth of subsistence farmers

    9. StrengthIsIgnorance on

      Please do not take these very leading graphs on face value

      [https://www.resilience.org/stories/2019-02-07/a-response-to-max-roser-how-not-to-measure-global-poverty/](https://www.resilience.org/stories/2019-02-07/a-response-to-max-roser-how-not-to-measure-global-poverty/)

      Max Roser and Our World in Data are funded by the billionaire class who have every interest in convincing you that if we just maintain the status quo then things will eventually work out.

    10. normaal_volk on

      USA trying its hardest to push the literacy and vaccination number down

    11. Inevitable-Row1977 on

      Feel like percentages were invented for showing this kind of data, rofl.

    12. No_Cover_2242 on

      It would be interesting to see this applied to just the US. It would more than be disturbing.

    13. cassandra_warned_you on

      Hey, OP, could you share a link to the original source? I’d love to share it with some folks. 

    14. Only_One_Kenobi on

      Any billionaires who remain billionaires when 75% of the world lives in poverty are pure evil.

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