@yogthos@lemmy.ml This headline is factually incorrect. Only one demographic group, indigenous people, dropped by this much. The overall drop is 2.7, as you can see from the graph.
Fair, updated the title.
The title is still not correct. Nowhere in the article does it say what the life expectancy for colonizers is. Nowhere. What it does say is that the life expectancy average went down and that specific oppressed groups were heavily impacted. Again, there is nothing in this article saying that colonizer’s life expectancy did anything.
The article states that the life expectancy for the indigenous population went down by 6.6 years. Other groups of people are the ones that colonized the land where indigenous population was displaced.
Hmm I think the point Slatlun is trying to make is that the average of 2.7 in the whole population could in fact be just the indigenous population life expectancy decrease.
For example, if 11 people’s lifespan drops by 6 years and 12 other people’s lifespan doesn’t drop at all, the average of the 23 people’s lifespan drop is a 2.75 years.
Asian-Americans have the highest life expectancy of any group — 83.5 years — and only saw a 0.1 year decline from 2020. Meanwhile, Black Americans lost 0.7 years between 2020 to 2021.
This part gives us some understanding that other groups are different but the article leaves out white people.
Anyway I went and read the actual study and this graph gives a firm breakdown:
Asian and White lose 2 and 2.5 years while everyone else loses 4years+
yeah that’s a good observation
Yes, thank you.
Thanks.
I lost at least 8 years off my life in the last 2 =/
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Did you even read the article? Do you think the ruling class had the same drop as everyone else? The people you are wishing short, horrible lives on were among oppressed classes and the people you are wishing pain upon have little control of outcomes in their lives much less the actions of their government. Either you are hoping for more disparity between classes in the US at the expense of those who already oppressed, or you should be ashamed of your comment.
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Those weren’t, by and large, the people who were dying premature deaths.
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Sub-text: Unless those people are the victims of colonization or slave trade, then root for their premature deaths.
Careful, you might accidentally be what you think you hate.
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Who do you want to sacrifice for a revolution?
Revolutions happen when people run out of other options. By definition the conditions are such that many people are already being sacrificed. So the question for you is how many people are you willing to sacrifice to maintain the status quo?
I was saying not to root for the death of the oppressed. I was suggesting that treating them as a good thing was gross. I never said I support any kind of status quo.
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Out of luck on your little comment here then. It was Native Americans that took the big hit from what you are praising. So close. Maybe next time it will be the right race and you can feel justified.
