HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 days agoBankruptcy judge rejects The Onion’s bid to buy Alex Jones’ Infowarswww.nbcnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square113fedilinkarrow-up1503arrow-down15cross-posted to: nottheonion@lemmy.world
arrow-up1498arrow-down1external-linkBankruptcy judge rejects The Onion’s bid to buy Alex Jones’ Infowarswww.nbcnews.comHiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 days agomessage-square113fedilinkcross-posted to: nottheonion@lemmy.world
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·11 days agoYou say that as someone rich enough to be posting on Lemmy and therefore probably part of the global 1%, or close to it. Remember that the worldwide median household income is still only around $3,000/year.
minus-squareSmoothOperator@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·edit-211 days agoFor sure, I’m not saying this based on my own privileged experience, I’m saying this based on the data. 200 years ago even the richest countries had around 50% child and infant mortality. Now the global average is 4.3%. We can acknowledge the tragedies of today while also celebrating the immense progress we’ve made at a global level.
You say that as someone rich enough to be posting on Lemmy and therefore probably part of the global 1%, or close to it. Remember that the worldwide median household income is still only around $3,000/year.
For sure, I’m not saying this based on my own privileged experience, I’m saying this based on the data. 200 years ago even the richest countries had around 50% child and infant mortality. Now the global average is 4.3%. We can acknowledge the tragedies of today while also celebrating the immense progress we’ve made at a global level.