• FoxBJK@midwest.social
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        1 year ago

        How do we know that if we’re only looking at old data? What if the numbers have only gone up since then!?

        • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆OPM
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          1 year ago

          We know that because all the systemic issues are still fundamentally the same. Things don’t just happen randomly in the world.

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            1 year ago

            Things don’t just happen randomly in the world

            They absolutely do, but either way, if the issues are systemic then surely you can find a more recent article rather than expecting us to discuss data from the Obama era.

            • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆OPM
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              1 year ago

              I’m sure these numbers are publicly available and if you’re claiming that situation changed in a positive direction then feel free to show that. Meanwhile, thinking that life is just a series of random events that don’t have systemic causes is a pretty hilarious way to live.

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            Yeah it’s not like there were any big events in the meantime. Certainly not two elections of very different presidents or a whole global pandemic. Certainly nothing crazy that could change the data in one way or the other