• muntedcrocodile@lemm.ee
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    2 months ago

    One death is a tragedy 1 million is a statistic. How the fuck is one dead kid world news shit like this happens every day.

    • jordanlund@lemmy.worldM
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      2 months ago

      Because the kid was killed in an area the Israelis told the Palestinians to evacuate to then attacked them anyway? 🤔 Or that she was still in utero when her mom and sibling were killed in the same attack?

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        2 months ago

        Or that (if I’m not mixing events in my head), only 4 of the 22 killed in that attack were even adults.

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      2 months ago

      That quote is commonly attributed to Stalin (though without proof, but alas)… Is that really a quote you wanna take for a walk?

    • Coach@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      Because humans are fucking dumb and can only hold enough space in their primitive fucking brains for one tragedy at a time. A million tragedies is incomprehensible (and probably fucking should be).

      • muntedcrocodile@lemm.ee
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        2 months ago

        If the goal is to minimise overall human suffering is statistics not a better framework to view such things?

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          2 months ago

          Depends what you mean by “view.” If you mean to quantify, then sure. If you mean to empathize, then no, I don’t believe statistics is a good framework.

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            2 months ago

            Better view in the pursuit of minimising human suffering. To target the most important things to achieve the greatest good with the lowest expence.