• funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works
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    9 months ago

    I 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
    • nifty@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      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”

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        9 months ago

        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.

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        9 months ago

        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.

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          9 months ago

          I dont know the metrics, but I assume poverty means different things in each country. I would think poverty in a second world country means that people are at a state where they have a hard time getting enough food.