HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoBankruptcy judge rejects The Onion’s bid to buy Alex Jones’ Infowarswww.nbcnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square112fedilinkarrow-up1494arrow-down15cross-posted to: nottheonion@lemmy.worldusa@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1489arrow-down1external-linkBankruptcy judge rejects The Onion’s bid to buy Alex Jones’ Infowarswww.nbcnews.comHiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square112fedilinkcross-posted to: nottheonion@lemmy.worldusa@lemmy.ml
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 day 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-21 day 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.