LesserAbe@lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.world · 1 year ago"All the land was claimed by others before we were born"lemmy.worldimagemessage-square402fedilinkarrow-up11.36Kfile-text
arrow-up11.36Kimage"All the land was claimed by others before we were born"lemmy.worldLesserAbe@lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square402fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareHyperreality@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up15·edit-21 year agoThe reason average life expectancy used to be so low, is because infant mortality was ridiculously high.
minus-squareCryophilia@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 year 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-squareAA5B@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year 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?