• McDonald's 🦈🐬🐟🐧@lemmus.org
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    10 months ago

    You know, sometimes we tend to blow a 1% change in civilian matters or large populations out of proportion. But let’s be real, that kind of small shift is like a tiny drop in a huge ocean. It doesn’t really shake things up much because there are usually more important factors or trends in the situation that make a way bigger impact.

    We might make a big deal out of it, but honestly, it rarely has a significant influence on this war.

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      10 months ago

      That is NOT a small shift. Let’s do some basic math.

      In a population of 1 million, 1% is 10,000.

      The 2022 population estimate by the US gov is 3 million on the west bank and 2 million on Gaza strip.

      So even if we only talk about the Gaza strip, that’s 20,000 Gazans dead.

      That’s equivalent to 6.6 9/11 tragedies in the space of 4 months. 9/11 had a fatality rate of 3000-odd.

      Add in the west bank and that’s 50,000 dead. In four. Fucking. Months. That is the population of a decent sized city, just gone.

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        10 months ago

        That’s equivalent to 6.6 9/11 tragedies

        Using the Imperial system is like trying to solve a riddle wrapped in a mystery surrounded by inches and gallons but this is just gold

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      10 months ago

      No its like a drop in a container that can hold a hundred drops.

      But instead of drops its friends and families slaughtered