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Jensson
on Dec 5, 2024
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Why America's economy is soaring ahead of its riva...
You said 80% of the planet, China + first world nations is much more than 20% of the planets population. If you said 50% it would have been different.
Pigalowda
on Dec 5, 2024
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Did he say 80%? That’s definitely pretty high. China by itself is already about 20% of the world population.
Jensson
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The part I quoted was: "That's a luxury life for 80% of the planet."
So yeah he said that.
Pigalowda
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Well, 71% of the world’s surface is ocean and about 10% is desert. So that’s over 81% of the planet. I think we can now both agree that you are completely wrong and I am completely right.
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